Vukovar Synagogue

Vukovar Synagogue was the main synagogue of the Jewish community in Vukovar, Croatia, after the first smaller synagogue was sold to the Calvinist church in 1910.[1] It was constructed in 1889 in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia within the Austrian Empire.

Great Vukovar Synagogue
Velika Vukovarska Sinagoga
Vukovar Synagogue around 1900
Religion
AffiliationJudaism
RiteAshkenazi
LeadershipRabbi Izrael Scheer
Statusdevastated (1941), demolished (1958)
Location
LocationVukovar, Croatia
Architecture
Architect(s)Ludwig Schöne (de)
TypeSynagogue
StyleNeo-romanticism, Neo-Mudéjar
Completed1889
Demolished1958

The Jews of Vukovar settled in the city in the 19th century from other parts of the Habsburg Monarchy. The Jewish community in Vukovar was one of the oldest and most significant Jewish communities in Croatia.[2] The first Vukovar synagogue was built in 1845 by architect Fran Funtak. In 1889, Austria-Hungarian architect Ludwig Schöne (de) built the Great Vukovar Synagogue for over 200 members of the Vukovar Jewish community. In 1941, during World War II, the synagogue was plundered and devastated by the Nazis.[1] Almost all members of the Jewish community Vukovar were killed during the Holocaust, including Rabbi Izrael Scheer and his wife.[3][4] In 1958, communist authorities of the SFR Yugoslavia demolished the synagogue and sold the remaining ruins.[1]

A virtual reconstruction of the Vukovar Synagogue has been done by the Vienna University of Technology.[5]

References
  1. (in Croatian) Filozofski fakultet odsjek za povijest umjetnosti; Dragan Damjanović; O gradnji i stilu prve vukovarske sinagoge iz 1845. godine; stranica 242; 2007.
  2. (in Croatian) Ha-Kol (Glasilo Židovske zajednice u Hrvatskoj); Dragan Damjanović; Obitelj Pfeffermann i njihova poslovno stambena jednokatnica u Vukovaru iz 1923; stranica 32; broj 106, srpanj / kolovoz / rujan 2008.
  3. Kraus (1998, p. 463)
  4. "Židovska općina Vukovar" (in Croatian). CENDO.
  5. https://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/publik_252899.pdf

Bibliography
  • Kraus, Ognjen (1998). Dva stoljeća povijesti i kulture Židova u Zagrebu i Hrvatskoj. Zagreb: Židovska općina Zagreb. ISBN 953-96836-2-9.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.