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The Choral Synagogue of Vilnius ( lt, Vilniaus choralinė sinagoga) is the only synagogue in
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Lithuanian Jewish community
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The Choral Synagogue of Vilnius ( lt, Vilniaus choralinė sinagoga) is the only synagogue in Vilnius
Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...
that is still in use. The other synagogues were destroyed partly during World War II, when Lithuania was occupied by Nazi Germany, and partly by the Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
authorities after the war.
The Choral Synagogue of Vilnius was built in 1903.
The synagogue is built in a Romanesque-Moorish
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Moors are not a distinct or se ...
style.
It is the only active synagogue that survived both the Holocaust
The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; a ...
and Soviet rule in this city that once had over 100 synagogues. During the occupation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union the synagogue was nationalised and turned into a metal factory. Resulting from this usage the building suffered considerable damage. It was restored in 2010 and opened again as a synagogue shortly thereafter. International donations and a small community of Jews in Vilnius support the synagogue. The synagogue holds services and is open to visitors.
In 2019, the synagogue along with the Jewish community headquarters was temporarily closed due to threats from right-wing
Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, authorit ...
groups. The decision coincided with a rise in antisemitic rhetoric related to public debate about honoring Lithuanian collaborators.
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See also
* Zamelis Synagogue *Great Synagogue of Vilna
The Great Synagogue of Vilna, which once stood at the end of Jewish Street (I-2), Vilnius, Lithuania, was built between 1630 and 1633 after permission was granted to construct a synagogue from stone. Standing on the spot of an existing synagogue ...
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Lithuanian Jewish community
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