Kowea Itim le-Tora Synagogue

Former synagogue now apartment complex, in Kraków, Poland

50°3′4″N 19°56′51″E / 50.05111°N 19.94750°E / 50.05111; 19.94750ArchitectureArchitect(s)Łazarz Rock (1912)TypeSynagogue architectureStyleRomanesque Revival (1912)Completed1810; 1912 (remodelled)MaterialsBrick[1]

The Kowea Itim le-Tora Synagogue (Polish: Synagoga Kowea Itim le-Tora) was an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 42 Józefa Street, in Kazimierz, Kraków, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of Poland. The congregation was known as the Society for Torah Study.

The synagogue was built in 1810 and was re-modelled by Łazarz Rock in the Romanesque Revival style in 1912. The synagogue was devastated by the Nazis during World War II.[1]

After the war, for some time it housed a shelter for displaced persons of the Social Welfare Department of the Provincial Jewish Committee. The building now serves as a residential apartment building.[2]

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b "Beit Midrash Kowea Itim le Tora in Kraków". Historical synagogues in Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Dom modlitwy Kowea Itim le-Tora w Krakowie (ul. Józefa 42)" [Kowea Itim le-Torah prayer house in Krakow (ul. Józefa 42)]. Virtual Shtetl (in Polish). Warsaw: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

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