The Great Synagogue of Łódź (
Polish
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: ''Wielka Synagoga w Łodzi'') was a
synagogue in
Łódź
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,
Poland
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, which was built in 1881. It was designed by Adolf Wolff and paid mostly by local industrialists, such as
Izrael Poznański, Joachim Silberstein and
Karol Scheibler.
It served the reformed congregation and was usually referred to as ''The Temple.''
Prominent Łódż builder and architect Johann Steck (or, Jan Sztek, 1851-1914)
carried out construction of the Great Synagogue in 1881-1887, at the corner of ul. Zielona and al. Tadeusza Kościuszki (formerly ul. Spacerowa).
The synagogue was burned to the ground by the
Germans
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on the night of November 14, 1939, along with its
Torah scrolls
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and interior fixtures. It was dismantled in 1940. Today the site is used as a parking lot.
See also
*
Stara Synagogue, Łódź
*
Ezras Israel Synagogue
Gallery
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References
Synagogues in Łódź
Synagogues completed in 1881
Synagogues in Poland destroyed by Nazi Germany
Former Reform synagogues in Poland
Synagogue buildings with domes
Romanesque Revival synagogues
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