List of active synagogues in Poland

Nożyk Synagogue, Warsaw Tempel Synagogue, Kraków Interior of Remuh Synagogue White Stork Synagogue, Wrocław

Before the Nazi German invasion of Poland in 1939, almost every Polish town had a synagogue or a Jewish house of prayer of some kind. The 1939 statistics recorded the total of 1,415 Jewish communities in the country just before the outbreak of war, each composed of at least 100 members (Gruber, 1995). Every one of them owned at least one synagogue and a Jewish cemetery nearby. Approximately 9.8% of all believers in Poland were Jewish (according to 1931 census).[1]

The list of actives synagogues in Poland cannot possibly include the hundreds of synagogue buildings which still stand today in about 250 cities and towns across the country – seventy years after the Holocaust in Poland which claimed the lives of over 90% of Polish Jewry. Devoid of their original hosts, many synagogue buildings house libraries and smaller museums as in Kraków, Łańcut, Włodawa, Tykocin, Zamość, Radzanów, but many more serve as apartment buildings, shops, gyms and whatever else community needs require. This isn't necessarily bad however, because the synagogues which remain empty are usually worse off due to lack of maintenance.[2]

## Active synagogues in Poland

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The Union of Jewish Religious Communities in Poland (ZGWŻ) with branches in nine metropolitan centres helps the descendants of the Holocaust survivors in the process of recovery and restoration of synagogue buildings once owned by the Jewish Kehilla (קהלה), and nationalized in Communist Poland.[3] The list of active and rededicated synagogues in the country include:

* Warsaw
* Nożyk Synagogue
* Chabad Lubavitch Synagogue (pl)
* Beit Warszawa Synagogue \- Związek Postępowych Gmin Żydowskich w Polsce
* Masorti Synagogue \- Synagoga konserwatywna w Warszawie
* Kraków
* Remuh Synagogue
* Tempel Synagogue
* Izaak Synagogue
* See also Synagogues of Kraków for a more complete list of 124 synagogue buildings with description of selected historical monuments of Jewish sacred architecture in the city
* Łódź
* Reicher Synagogue (pl)
* Pomorska Street Synagogue (pl)
* Lublin
* Chewra Nosim (Chevrat Nossim) Synagogue (pl)[4]
* Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva Synagogue (Yeshivat Chachamei Lublin) (pl)[4]
* New Jewish Cemetery Synagogue (pl)
* Wrocław
* White Stork Synagogue
* Small Synagogue (pl)
* Gdańsk
* New Synagogue (pl)
* Oświęcim Synagogue (Chevrah Lomdei Mishnayot Synagogue, pl),[5] Oświęcim[4]
* Bajs Nusn (Beys Nusn) Synagogue (pl), Nowy Sącz[4]
* Bobowa Synagogue (pl), Bobowa
* Leżajsk Synagogue (pl), Leżajsk
* Lelów Synagogue (pl), Lelów

Hasidic Jews at Lelów Synagogue

* Bielsko-Biała Synagogue (pl), Bielsko-Biała
* Gliwice Synagogue (pl), Gliwice
* Katowice Synagogue (pl), Katowice[6]
* Legnica Synagogue (pl), Legnica[7]
* Poznań Synagogue, Poznań
* Szczecin Synagogue, Szczecin
* Wałbrzych Synagogue, Wałbrzych
* Żary Synagogue, Żary
* Włodawa Synagogue (Wlodowa Synagogue) in Włodawa

## Notes

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1. ^ "Zachowane synagogi w Polsce" (in Polish). Lauder - historia i dzieje Żydów. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
2. ^ "Charakterystyka obiektów kultury materialnej Żydów na obszarze Polski". Zydzi w Polsce (in Polish). Gedeon. 2008. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
3. ^ "Związek Gmin Wyznaniowych Żydowskich w RP". Union of Jewish Religious Communities in Poland (in Polish). Gedeon. 2003–2006. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
4. ^ a b c d Polin Travel (2016). "Places researched". Jewish guide and genealogy in Poland, Cracow and Auschwitz.
5. ^ Adam Dylewski (June 2, 2016). "Dia-pozytyw: Traces of the Past. Oświęcim". Warsaw: Adam Mickiewicz Institute.
6. ^ Adam Marczewski; Aleksandra Król; Adam Dylewski. "Dom modlitwy w Katowicach (ul. Młyńska 13)". Synagogi, domy modlitwy i inne - Zabytki - Katowice. Wirtualny Sztetl, Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich POLIN.
7. ^ Katarzyna Kubera; Małgorzata Płoszaj; Adam Dylewski. "Synagoga w Legnicy (ul. Chojnowska 12)". Synagogi, domy modlitwy i inne - Zabytki - Legnica. Wirtualny Sztetl, Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich POLIN.

## External links

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* Chabad-Lubavitch Centers in Poland
* 9 Illustrious Synagogues You Can Visit in Poland

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Synagogues in Poland

Active|

* Kraków
* Izaak
* Remah
* Tempel
* Lubin
* Chachmei Yeshiva
* Oświęcim
* Remah
* Warsaw
* Beit Warszawa
* Chabad-Lubavitch
* Nożyk
* White Stork (Wrocław)

Former|

| Destroyed by
Nazi Germany
(no longer standing)|

* Białystok
* Chorszul
* Great
* Nomer Tamid
* Bielsko
* New (Breslau)
* Bydgoszcz
* Bytom
* Great (Danzig)
* Ezras Israel
* Inowrocław
* Great (Jasło)
* Great (Katowice)
* Końskie
* Łódź
* Great
* Stara
* Great (Łomża)
* Lublin
* Maharam's
* Maharshal's
* Great (Oświęcim)
* Przedbórz
* Przemyśl
* Old
* Tempel
* Radom
* Słupsk
* New (Tarnów)
* Great (Warsaw)
* Zabłudów

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Abandoned or
repurposed
(still standing)|

* Brzeg
* Cytron
* Kraków
* Bobov
* High
* Kowea Itim le-Tora
* Kupa
* Old
* Wolf Popper
* Łańcut
* Lesko
* Nisko
* New (Ostrów Wielkopolski)
* Piaskower
* Pińczów
* Great (Piotrków)
* New (Przemyśl)
* Sejny
* Szydłów
* Tykocin
* Włodawa complex
* Zamość
* Zasanie

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Jews and Judaism in Poland

History|

| By era|

* Early history
* 18th century
* 19th century
* 20th century
* 1989–present

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By city|

* Adamów
* Beuthen
* Białystok
* Gdańsk (Danzig)
* Kalisz
* Kraków
* Łęczna
* Łódź
* Łuków
* Wieluń

People|

| Rabbis|

* Akiva Eger
* Solomon Eger
* Shmuel Eidels (Maharsha)
* Meir Eisenstadt (Maharam Ash)
* Aryeh Tzvi Frumer
* Joshua Falk (Sma)
* Moses Isserles (Rema)
* Aaron Samuel Kaidanover (Maharshak)
* Yitzhak-Meir Levin
* Yaakov Lorberbaum (Nesivos)
* Meir Lublin (Maharam Lublin)
* Shalom Shachna of Lublin
* Solomon Luria (Maharashal)
* Moses ha-Levi Minz (Maharam Minz)
* Meir Dan Plotzky
* Jacob Pollak
* Moshe Rosenstain
* David HaLevi Segal (Taz)
* Joel Sirkis (Bach)

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Rebbes|

* Chanokh Heynekh of Aleksander
* Avraham Mordechai Alter (Imrei Emes)
* Yitzchak Meir Alter (Chidushei Harim)
* Yehuda Aryeh Leib Alter (Sfas Emes)
* Avrohom Bornsztain (Avnei Nezer)
* Dovid Bornsztain
* Shmuel Bornsztain (Shem MiShmuel)
* Yaakov Aryeh Guterman (Saba Kadisha of Radzymin)
* Ben Zion Halberstam (Kedushas Zion)
* Menachem Mendel of Kotzk
* Gershon Henoch Leiner
* Mordechai Yosef Leiner
* Shmuel Shlomo Leiner
* Elimelech of Lizhensk
* Simcha Bunim of Peshischa
* Yaakov Yitzchak of Peshischa (Yid HaKadosh)
* Meir Shapiro

Lawyers|

* Emil Byk
* Herman Diamand
* Herman Lieberman
* Noach Pryłucki

Politicians|

* Jakub Berman
* Jerzy Borejsza
* Ludwik Dorn
* Paweł Finder
* Bronisław Geremek
* Apolinary Hartglas
* Maksymilian Horwitz
* Alfred Lampe
* Józef Lewartowski
* Hilary Minc
* Roza Pomerantz
* Noach Pryłucki
* Roman Romkowski
* Adam Daniel Rotfeld
* Abraham Silberschein
* Stefan Staszewski
* Roman Zambrowski
* Szmul Zygielbojm
* Jakub Wygodzki

Writers|

* Yechiel Granatstein
* Shmuel Yankev Imber
* Julian Kornhauser
* Louis Meyer
* Roman Polanski
* Yosef Rosenthal
* Artur Sandauer
* Julian Tuwim
* Jerzy Urban
* Lidia Zamenhof

Massacres
and Pogroms|

* Alfonse Pogrom (1905)
* Białystok (1906)
* Cossack riots - Tach VeTat (1684)
* Częstochowa (1902)
* Kielce (1918)
* Naliboki (1943)
* Przytyk (1936)
* Warsaw (1881)

| The Holocaust|

* Białystok
* Częstochowa
* Easter Pogrom
* Grossaktion Warsaw
* Jedwabne
* Kielce Cemetery
* Tykocin
* Dynów
* Operation Harvest Festival
* Radziłów
* Szczuczyn
* Valley of Death
* Wąsosz

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Post-World War II|

* Kielce
* Kraków

Organizations|

* Central Committee of Polish Jews
* Council of Four Lands
* Jewish Community Centre of Krakow
* Judaica Foundation
* Union of Jewish Religious Communities
* Vaad Rosh Hashochtim

| Yeshivas|

* Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva
* Lomza Yeshiva
* Novardok Yeshiva

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Cemeteries|

* Białystok
* Bródno
* Chełm-Gdańsk
* Chrzanów
* Cieszyn
* Kielce
* Krakow
* Łódź
* Lublin
* Obrzycko
* Okopowa Street, Warsaw
* Ostrów
* Oświęcim
* Rema
* Tarnobrzeg
* Warsaw
* Wiślica
* Wrocław
* Wrzeszcz

Publications|

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