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Synagogues in Poland

Czestochowa (Chestokhova, Tshenstokhov)

Once there was Great Synagogue (burnt by Nazis in 1939) - on the foundations of the synagogue at Wilsona street there was built the building of Philharmonic in 1955 and now it functions as the concert hall



Before the WWII



In 2005



In 2005



The plaque on the building with information in three languages Polish, Hebrew and English: "This is the site of the new synagogue which was burnt by Nazi barbarians on 25th December 1939. This action started the extermination of Jews in Czestochowa. The building of the State Philharmonic Hall was erected on the remains of the new synagogue"








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