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Choral Synagogue (other)
Choral Synagogue may refer to: Belarus * Choral Synagogue (Brest) Latvia * Great Choral Synagogue (Riga) Lithuania * Kaunas Synagogue (Kaunus) * Choral Synagogue (Vilnius) Romania * Templul Coral (Bucharest) Russia * Moscow Choral Synagogue (Moscow) * Main Choral Synagogue (Rostov-on-Don) * Choral Synagogue (Smolensk) * Grand Choral Synagogue (St. Petersburg) Ukraine * Choral Synagogue (Bila Tserkva) * Golden Rose Synagogue (Dnipro) * Choral Synagogue (Drohobych) * Kharkiv Choral Synagogue (Kharkiv) * Brodsky Choral Synagogue (Kyiv) * Great Choral Synagogue (Kyiv) See also * List of choral synagogues {{synagogue disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choral Synagogue (Brest)
The Choral Synagogue or the Great Synagogue was the main synagogue in Brest, Belarus (known in Yiddish as Brisk). Completed in circa 1862, it was used as a synagogue until World War II. History An old synagogue had stood in Brest for nearly a century, having been built in 1759. However in 1847, its building was either destroyed or had burned down, and funds were collected to erect a new building. The building took years to complete due to a lack of funding; despite the construction's commencement being in 1851, the structure was only completed in 1861/1862. In 1859, a fire ravaged the synagogue but it was restored. In 1941, with the creation of the Brest Ghetto during World War II, the synagogue sat on the ghetto border, next to its entrance, and was used by the Nazis as a warehouse. Although the building was damaged in 1942 during the ghetto's liquidation, it remained standing until 1959. At that time, it was confiscated by the communist government and transformed into a the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |