Great Synagogue (Łódź)

Reform Jewish synagogue in Łódź, Poland

For similarly named synagogues, see Great Synagogue.

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Great Synagogue of Łódź

Wielka Synagoga w Łodzi

Religion
Affiliation| Reform Judaism
Status| Destroyed in 1939
Location
Location| Łódź, Poland
Geographic coordinates| 51°46′12″N 19°27′14″E﻿ / ﻿51.77000°N 19.45389°E﻿ / 51.77000; 19.45389
Architecture
Architect(s)| Adolf Wolff
Style| Romanesque Revival
Completed| 1881
Dome(s)| 4
STECK, Johann (1851-1914) Obituary

The Great Synagogue of Łódź (Polish: Wielka Synagoga w Łodzi) was a synagogue in Łódź, Poland, 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.[1]

Prominent Łódż builder and architect Johann Steck (or, Jan Sztek, 1851–1914)[2] 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 on the night of November 14, 1939, along with its Torah scrolls and interior fixtures. It was dismantled in 1940. Today the site is used as a parking lot.

Commemoration stone on the former site

## See also[edit]

* Stara Synagogue, Łódź
* Ezras Israel Synagogue

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## References[edit]

1. ^ The Chronicle of the Lodz Ghetto, 1941-1944: 1941-1944, Lucjan Dobroszycki, Richard Lourie, Yale University Press, 1987, p. 28
2. ^ Stefański, Krzysztof (2009). Ludzie Ktory Zbudwali Łódż. Leksykon architektów i budowniczych miasta (in Polish). Łódź: Księży Młyn Dom Wydawniczy. pp. 161–162. ISBN 978-83-61253-44-0.

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