Bielsko Synagogue
Destroyed synagogue in Bielsko, Poland
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The Bielsko Synagogue (Polish: Synagoga w Bielsku) was a former Modern Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Bielsko, in Cieszyn Silesia, in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland.
| Bielsko Synagogue | |
|---|---|
Polish: Synagoga w Bielsku | |
The former synagogue in 1910 | |
  Location of the destroyed synagogue in Silesian Voivodeship | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Modern Orthodox Judaism (former) |
| Rite | Nusach Ashkenaz |
| Synagogue (1881–1939) | |
| Status | Destroyed |
| Location | |
| Location | Kaiser Franz Josef Street, Bielsko, Cieszyn Silesia, Silesian Voivodeship |
| Country | Poland |
| Coordinates | 49°49′29″N 19°2′40″E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect | Karol Korn |
| Type | Synagogue architecture |
| Style | |
| Groundbreaking | 1879 |
| Completed | 1881 |
| Destroyed | 13 September 1939 |
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Designed by Karol Korn and completed in 1881 in the Moorish Revival and Romanesque Revival styles, the synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazis on 13 September 1939.
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