Husiatyn Synagogue

Husiatyn Synagogue

The Husiatyn Synagogue (Festungs-Schule) is a former synagogue in Husiatyn, Galicia, Ukraine.

The synagogue is a rare example of a sixteenth-century "Fortress synagogue"[1] built in Renaissance style.[2]

S. Ansky describes it as "one of the lovliest and most splendid in Galicia."[3] Omer Bartov describes the synagogue as "exquisite."[4]

In 1972 the standing ruin was renovated and turned into a museum.[5] Today, the roof has collapsed and the building stands vacant.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Erased: Vanishing Traces of Jewish Galicia in Present-day Ukraine, By Omer Bartov, Princeton University Press, 2007, p. 105 ff.
  2. ↑ "Pds Sso". Digital.cjh.org. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
  3. ↑ The Enemy at His Pleasure: A Journey Through the Jewish Pale of Settlement During World War I, By S. An-Ski, S. Ansky, Translated by Joachim Neugroschel, Macmillan, 2003 p. 253
  4. ↑ Bartov, Omer (2007). Erased: Vanishing Traces of Jewish Galicia in Present-day Ukraine. Princeton University Press. p. 105 ff.
  5. ↑ "Synagogye". Judaica.kiev.ua. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
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