New Synagogue (Opole)

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New Synagogue in Opole
Nowa Synagoga w Opolu
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New Synagogue in Opole in 1910

Basic information
Location Oppeln, Germany
Religious affiliation Reform Judaism
Ecclesiastical status Demolished in 1938
Architectural description
Architect/s Felix Henry
Architectual style Moorish Revival
Year completed 1897
Specifications
Capacity 600 (seated)

New Synagogue was a synagogue in Oppeln, Germany (today Opole, Poland). It was built in 1893-1897, designed by Felix Henry. During the Kristallnacht on 9-10 November 1938 Nazis forced Rabbi Hans Hirschberg to setting the building on fire.

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