Great Synagogue (Brody)
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]
| Great Synagogue of Brody | |
|---|---|
 The Great Synagogue in 1900 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Judaism |
| Rite | Ashkenazi |
| Location | |
| Location | Brody, Ukraine |
| Geographic coordinates | 50°04′00″N 25°09′00″E |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Renaissance |
| Date established | 1742 |
| Destroyed | 1943 |
| Materials | Stone |
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
In 2021
See also
References
- Polonsky, Antony (2008). "Brody". In Hundert, Gershon (ed.). YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. New Haven: Yale University Press.
- "Great Synagogue of Brody". Center for Urban History. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- 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.
- "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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.