Biecz Synagogue

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]

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

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