| Great Synagogue | |
|---|---|
| Basic information | |
| Location | Karol Szajnocha St. Jasło, Poland |
| Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism |
| Status | Destroyed in 1939 |
| Architectural description | |
| Completed | 1905 |
The Great Synagogue (Polish: Wielka Synagoga w Jaśle) was an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Jasło, Poland. It was built in 1905, and was destroyed by Nazis during World War II.
The Nazis invaded Jasło on September 15, 1939, and set fire to the Great Synagogue. The town's firefighters extinguished the flames, thinking they had saved the synagogue.
Five days later, the Nazis returned. They gathered all the Jews of Jasło, as well as the firemen who had saved the synagogue, in front of the synagogue. At gunpoint, they forced them to set the synagogue ablaze themselves, and made them watch, until it burned completely to the ground.
After the war a restaurant was built in its site. The Forest Hill Jewish Centre has recently announced plans to rebuild the façade of the Jasło Synagogue as the façade of its new building on Spadina Road in Toronto, Canada.[1]