Radom Synagogue

Radom Synagogue
Radom Synagogue
Polish: Synagoga w Radomiu
	The former synagogue, based on historical records, rendering from 1987
Religion
Affiliation	Orthodox Judaism (former)
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue (1846–1939)
Status	Destroyed
Location
Location	Podwalna Street, previously named Bożnicza Street, Radom, Masovian Voivodeship
Country	Poland
	Location of the destroyed synagogue; in Masovian Voivodeship
Geographic coordinates	51°24′04″N 21°08′38″E / 51.40111°N 21.14389°E
Architecture
Type	Synagogue architecture
Completed	1846
Destroyed	1939
Materials	Brick

The Radom Synagogue (Polish: Synagoga w Radomiu) was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Podwalna Street, previously named Bożnicza Street, in Radom, in the Masovian Voivodeship of Poland.

History

Completed in 1846, the synagogue served as a house of prayer until World War II when it was destroyed by Nazis following the invasion of Poland in 1939. The synagogue was burned to the ground when the Radom Ghetto was set up. Almost all Radom Jews perished during the Holocaust in occupied Poland resulting in nearly complete abandonment of the site. After the end of war, the ruins of the synagogue were dismantled on the orders of the local pro-Soviet communist government.^[2]^[3]^[4]

In 1950, during the following period of Stalinism in Poland, at the empty lot where the synagogue once stood, the local officials erected a memorial commemorating the lost Jewish community of Radom based on a design of Jakub Zajdensznir, and inscribed as devoted to victims of Nazism.^[2]

References

^ "Synagogue (corner of Bożnicza Street and Podwalna Street)". Virtual Shtetl. Warsaw: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Synagoga w Radomiu". Virtual Shtetl (in Polish). Retrieved February 9, 2015.
^ "Radom na fotografii" (Old photograph of active Radom Synagogue compared to brand new photograph matching the same location in Radom). Radomska synagoga (in Polish). 2014.
^ Piątkowski, Sebastian (2000). Radom - zarys dziejów miasta (in Polish). Radom. ISBN 83-914912-0-X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)