Slavonski Brod Synagogue Explained

Slavonski Brod Synagogue
Native Name:Croatian: Brodska sinagogaa
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Rite:Nusach Ashkenaz
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Functional Status:Destroyed
Location:Petra Kresimira IV Street 8, Slavonski Brod
Country:Croatia
Map Type:Croatia
Map Size:250
Map Relief:1
Coordinates:45.1554°N 18.0126°W
Architect:Hönigsberg & Deutsch
Architecture Type:Synagogue architecture
Architecture Style:Neo-Mudéjar
Year Completed:1896
Date Destroyed:1944
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Dome Quantity:Two
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The Slavonski Brod Synagogue (Croatian: Brodska sinagogaa) was a synagogue of the Jewish Community Slavonski Brod.

History

Jakob Kohn, the president of the Jewish Community Slavonski Brod, directed the construction of the Slavonski Brod Synagogue, completed in 1896, as designed in the Neo-Mudéjar style by Hönigsberg & Deutsch. At the time, the Jewish Community Slavonski Brod counted over 110 members.

The synagogue was burned by Nazis in 1941, and its remains were bombed by allied forces during the bombing of Slavonski Brod in 1944. The congregation's rabbi, Leib Weissberg, was killed with his family at the Jasenovac concentration camp in 1942.

On November 3, 1994, a memorial plaque was unveiled to commemorate the site of the former synagogue.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Špicer, Lavoslav (Author and current president of the Jewish Community Slavonski Brod) . 2013 . Slavonski Brod Sinagoga . Slavonski Brod Synagogue . Croatian . 2013-02-07 . Youtube .
  2. Web site: Synagogue in Slavonski Brod, Croatia . Center for Jewish Art: Historic synagogues of Europe . . n.d. . 19 May 2024.