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Resettlement after ww2 (old German houses and buildings still in Poland) [28]
It's also rather depressing to see the synagogues which made it through the holocaust intact but are now falling to bits because nobody gives a fcuk.
The ones around Krakow are owned by the Jewish community in Krakow. Its up to them to sell/upkeep the buildings
Here's an example in Slomniki, Poland:
I can't see what use the building would be to anyone. The communists used it as for something and now its basically abandoned.
Słomniki
Małopolskie - (Malopolskie Poland)
Address: Krakowska 23
Latitude: 50 ° 14'15 .91 "N - Longitude: 20 ° 4'52 .41" E
History:
The earliest Jewish presence dates back to 1790 Słomniki but they represented at that time two homes that housed eight people. In the second half of the nineteenth century the community grew when laws restricting their installation were abolished. In the early twentieth century, they accounted for 25% of the population. They held jobs in commerce and the sale of goods for farmers. In 1921 there were just under 1,500 Jews. During the interwar period they suffered from the rise of anti-Semitism row to the economic difficulties of the post First World War. The prayer house was burnt down in 1926 and rebuilt four years later.
The Germans occupied Słomniki September 6, 1939 and set up a Judenrat to use strong workforce of 1,000 people for the war effort. The first raid came in 1942 and Jews were deported to the Belzec extermination camp. Other young people were sent to the Plaszow camp on the outskirts of Krakow. In the second "Aktion", the Jews were all gathered around to Słomniki about 10 000. 2000 were sent to the Plaszow camp, 500 elderly Jews were killed and hundreds were killed on the spot. A hundred wagons were used for the deportation to the Belzec extermination camp. In November 1942, 2,000 Jews were exterminated in the forest of Chodowsk. After the war, four Jews who had returned to Słomniki them were murdered. Other survivors left the country.
The synagogue was built in the late nineteenth century or early twentieth. She also served as a yeshiva and mikveh. During the occupation, she was devastated by the Nazis, then turned into movies after the war. It was later used as a warehouse and then as a workshop. In 1990, the foundation of the Jews of Israel did put Słomniki two plates, one in Polish and in Hebrew on the front reminiscent of the functions of the synagogue and martyr during the war.
Today the synagogue is unused since 1997 and belongs to the Jewish community in Krakow under the law of restitution of Jewish property.
Year of visit: 2008
Notes:
The synagogue is located at the entrance to the National Słomniki. It has retained its pre-war appearance. Stars of David on top of plaques remind passersby of its former function.
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