Great Synagogue of Brody
The Great Synagogue in 1900
Religion
AffiliationJudaism
RiteAshkenazi
Location
LocationBrody, Ukraine
Geographic coordinates50°04′00″N 25°09′00″E / 50.06667°N 25.15000°E / 50.06667; 25.15000
Architecture
StyleRenaissance
Date established1742
Destroyed1943
MaterialsStone

The Great Synagogue of Brody, also known as the Old Fortress Synagogue, was the main synagogue of the Jewish community in Brody. Constructed in the mid-18th century, the building was significantly damaged by the Nazis in 1943,[1] and has since fallen into disrepair.[2][3][4]

History

On the site of the Great Synagogue was originally a wooden synagogue, which was destroyed in a fire in 1696. In its place the large stone fortress synagogue was built, starting in 1742. It was damaged in a fire which destroyed most of Brody in 1859. Repairs began at the beginning of the next century, and in 1935 it was registered as a cultural monument and renovated.[5]

The Great Synagogue held a large collection of Jewish ceremonial art,[6] and its interior was richly decorated.[7]

  • Great Synagogue of Brody in 2012
    Great Synagogue of Brody in 2012
  • In 2021
    In 2021

See also

References

  1. ^ Polonsky, Antony (2008). "Brody". In Hundert, Gershon (ed.). YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. New Haven: Yale University Press.
  2. ^ "Great Synagogue of Brody". Center for Urban History. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  3. ^ Liphshiz, Cnaan (March 6, 2021). "Roof collapses on run-down 18th-century former great synagogue in Brody, Ukraine". The Times of Israel. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  4. ^ "Ukraine: Can the ruined Great Synagogue of Brody be saved? Activists seek to form working group to chart & implement strategy". Jewish Heritage Europe. March 5, 2021. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  5. ^ Piechotka, Maria; Piechotka, Kazimierz (2017). Heaven's Gates.: Masonry synagogues in the territories of the former Polish–Lithuania Commonwealth. Warsaw: Polish Institute of World Art Studies & POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. p. 479 ff. ISBN 978-83-942344-3-0.
  6. ^ Davidowitz, David (1943). "The Synagogue in Brody". In Klausner, Yocheved (ed.). The Synagogues in Poland and Their Destruction. Translated by Kutten, Moshe. Jerusalem: Mosad HaRav Kook and Yad VaShem – via JewishGen.
  7. ^ Kuzmany, Börries (2017). Brody: A Galician Border City in the Long Nineteenth Century. Studia Judaeoslavica. Vol. 10. Leiden: Brill. p. 327. doi:10.1163/9789004334847. ISBN 978-90-04-33484-7.
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