New Synagogue (Opole)

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New Synagogue in Opole
Nowa Synagoga w Opolu

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
Architectural 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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