Biecz Synagogue

Biecz Synagogue
Biecz Synagogue
	The former synagogue in Biecz, now a public library.
Religion
Affiliation	Judaism
Status	Inactive
Location
Location	Biecz, Poland
Architecture
Type	Synagogue
Date established	1903; 119 years ago

The Biecz Synagogue is a former synagogue in Biecz, Poland. It is located on the main square of the town. Built in 1903, it is now used as a public library.

History[]

The synagogue was built in 1903,^[1] with two separate entrances: one for men, which leads to the ground floor, and another one for women, which leads to the first floor.^[2] By the early 1930s, the town of Biecz was home to 500 Jews, making up 15% of the entire population.^[2]

During World War II, the Nazis established a Jewish ghetto around the synagogue.^[2] Eventually, they killed 150 Jews and deported the remaining Jews to the Bełżec extermination camp.^[2]

In the 1990s, the US-based Society of Jews from Biecz in New York added a commemorative plaque to the building.^[2]

References[]

^ "The Synagogue in Biecz, Rynek 20". Virtual Shtetl. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Webber, Jonathan (2009). Rediscovering Traces of Memory: The Jewish Heritage of Polish Galicia. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. pp. 19, 136. ISBN 9781906764036. OCLC 323127181.

External links[]

Biecz, Poland, A house that once served as a synagogue. on the Yad Vashem website

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[virtualshtetlbieczsynagogue-1] "The Synagogue in Biecz, Rynek 20". Virtual Shtetl. Retrieved July 29, 2016.

[jewishheritage136-2] Webber, Jonathan (2009). Rediscovering Traces of Memory: The Jewish Heritage of Polish Galicia. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. pp. 19, 136. ISBN 9781906764036. OCLC 323127181.

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