The Neolog Synagogue ( ro, Sinagoga Neologă or ; hu, Kolozsvári Neológ Zsinagóga, Emléktemplom) in
Cluj-Napoca,
Romania
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, is the city's only working
synagogue,
Jewish community
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. It was originally built for the local
Neolog congregation.
Located on Horea Street, it was built based on the plans of Izidor Hegner, an engineer, between 1886 and 1887. Seriously affected after attacks by the
Iron Guard on September 13, 1927, it was soon rebuilt by the Romanian government.
In the period following the
Second Vienna Award
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, when
Northern Transylvania was taken by
Hungary
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, it witnessed the Jews' deportation to
Nazi extermination camps
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,
Auschwitz-Birkenau, and was damaged by the bombardments of the neighbouring railway station, on June 2, 1944. In 1951 it was again restored.
It is currently dedicated to the memory of those deported who were victims of
The Holocaust
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.
External links
Photos
www.jewishcluj.eu
Buildings and structures in Cluj-Napoca
History of Cluj-Napoca
Synagogues in Romania
Neolog Judaism synagogues
Synagogues completed in 1887
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