• Sadly, both synagogues that used to exist in Katowice were destroyed in 1939. Visit the old school that is built in the same style as the main Synagogue.
  • “Officially” it is acknowledged, that the synagogue in Katowice (Kattowitz) was deliberately set on fire by the Germans on the 3 or 4 September 1939...
  • Great Synagogue was the largest synagogue in Katowice (Kattowitz), Poland then Germany. It was built in 1900, designed by Ignatz Grünfeld.
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  • Plac ks. dr. Emila Szramka 1, 40-001 Katowice, Poland.
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  • The synagogue remained just under four decades to get to 8 September 1939 it was put on the day of the marched straight to Katowice Wehrmacht on fire and...
  • The Great Synagogue was built by the local construction company Ignatz Grünfeld, who had already built the Old Synagogue.
  • The plans to raise a new synagogue in Katowice arose around 1890, when the Old Synagogue (Katowice) became too small for the local worshippers.
  • To Whom It May Concern, We are willing to rebuild the Old Synagogue that once belonged to the city of Katowice, but was...
  • The first prayer house was opened in 1855 and first synagogue in 1862.By the turn of 20th century the Jewish population of the city numbered about 2,000.