DUNAJSKÁ STREDA, SLOVAKIA

Synagogue in Dunajská Streda

A synagogue associated with the Jewish community of Dunajská Streda. In 1944, desecrated and used as a place to assemble deportees to concentration camps.

Completed
Built 1865
Destroyed
1950
Architect / style
Not documented · Not documented
Capacity
Not documented
IMAGE RESEARCH PENDING
OVERVIEW

The story of Synagogue in Dunajská Streda

Synagogue in Dunajská Streda stood in Dunajská Streda, Slovakia. The source record dates or describes its construction as: Built 1865.

In 1944, desecrated and used as a place to assemble deportees to concentration camps. In 1945, damaged by an air strike, then pulled down by the Communist regime in the 1950s.

The Jewish community

This synagogue served the Jewish community of Dunajská Streda. In 1944, desecrated and used as a place to assemble deportees to concentration camps.

Architecture and design

The source record dates or describes its construction as: Built 1865. Its architectural style is not documented in the supplied record. The architect is not documented.

Life inside the synagogue

The building functioned as a synagogue and communal gathering place in Dunajská Streda. The supplied source record does not preserve detailed information about its liturgy, clergy, internal organizations or daily programme.

Destruction

In 1945, damaged by an air strike, then pulled down by the Communist regime in the 1950s.

The community’s fate

In 1944, desecrated and used as a place to assemble deportees to concentration camps.

The site today

In 1944, desecrated and used as a place to assemble deportees to concentration camps.

SOURCES & FURTHER READING
  • Lost Synagogues of Europe — Slovakia 2 12