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Great Synagogue in Oświęcim

Oświęcim, Poland · built 1863

The Great Synagogue (Wielka Synagoga w Oświęcimiu) was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, that was located in Oświęcim (Auschwitz), in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of Poland. Designed by Carl Korn and completed in 1873, the synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazis in November 1939.

Synagogue data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other synagogues in Poland