invasion of Poland. The plans to raise a new synagogue in Katowice arose around 1890, when the Old Synagogue became too small for the local worshippers...
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Great Synagogue (Katowice), destroyed in 1939 Great Synagogue (Łódź), destroyed in 1939 Great Synagogue (Łomża), destroyed during World War II Great Synagogue...
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Katowice is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has...
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passed just east of Beuthen, so that neighboring Katowice was in Poland. Built in 1869, the synagogue was destroyed by Nazis on November 9, 1938, during...
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1989–present The history of Katowice spans over 600 years. The territory became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century. Katowice started as a conglomerate...
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carried out by Germans between September 4 and 6 Great Synagogue in Katowice – major landmark in Katowice, burned by the Germans either on September 4 or...
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taking the town was the destruction of the Great Synagogue (on 8 September). In 1961, the Defenders of Katowice Monument [pl] was unveiled. On 4 September...
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Rabbinic Congress. In 1912, he took part in the Agudat Israel congress in Katowice, Poland. Between 1927 and 1931, he again served in Tula. In 1933, he received...
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located in the Katowice Voivodeship. Będzin is one of the cities of the 2.7 million conurbation - Katowice urban area and within a greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan...
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(980 ft)). The country's first high-rises started to be constructed in Warsaw, Katowice, Wrocław and Łódź in the first half of the 20th century. The PAST Building...
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east of Zawiercie and 67 km (42 mi) north-east of the regional capital Katowice. Even though the village now belongs to Silesian Voivodeship, it has never...
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Sieczkowski, 1937–39) Former Silesian Parliament in Katowice (by Ludwik Wojtyczko, 1925–29) Skyscraper in Katowice (by Tadeusz Kozłowski and Stefan Bryła, 1929–34)...
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synagogue fostered the development of the umbrella organization called Beit Polska. Beit Polska is active in Gdansk, Lodz, Lublin, Wroclaw, Katowice,...
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World Agudath Israel (section Katowice Conference)
established by Jewish religious leaders at a conference held at Kattowitz (Katowice) in 1912. They were concerned that the Tenth Zionist Congress had defeated...
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1884, 36 Jewish Zionist delegates met in Katowice, forming the Hovevei Zion movement. The pogroms prompted a great wave of Jewish emigration to the United...
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(even if only in the sense that it is unrelated to modernist movement) synagogues, rites, and observances. Academic research noted that the formation of...
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historical and architectural monuments, including tenements, churches, synagogues and the medieval Royal Castle. According to tradition, but not confirmed...
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(1610; rebuilt in the early XX century; restored in 1989); two Jewish synagogues – the main one (1680s) and the new one (1909; architect Hans Geldkremer);...
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intersection of the routes to and from Brno – Prague, Ostrava – Kraków/Katowice (Poland), Kúty – Bratislava (Slovakia) and Hohenau an der March – Vienna...
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wooden synagogue burnt down in 1716 and new brick synagogue was commenced in 1726. The project was supported by the Lubomirski family and the synagogue, which...
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3 vol. (2006). Vol 1, p. 91. "Budapest Dohany street Great Synagogue – the largest synagogue in Europe". Greatsynagogue.hu. Retrieved 18 August 2012...
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inhabitants (2019). It is the seat of Wodzisław County. It was previously in Katowice Voivodeship (1975–1998); close to the border with the Czech Republic, about...
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district. Pszczyna is situated in Silesia Province and was previously part of Katowice Province from 1975 until 1998 administrative reforms. There are several...
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in the Silesian Highlands near Katowice. Located in the north of the Metropolis GZM, a megalopolis, the greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area populated...
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to Kielce Voivodeship (1945–1950), and then the city was transferred to Katowice Voivodeship. In the Polish People's Republic, Częstochowa emerged not only...
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January and February 1945, many prisoners from other locations, including Katowice, Racibórz, Brzeg and Nysa, were brought to the local prison either during...
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direction) Railway line 139 from Katowice to Zwardoń Railway line 190 to Cieszyn and Český Těšín Regional train services to Katowice and Zwardoń are operated...
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From 1311, when the spire of Lincoln Cathedral surpassed the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza, until the Washington Monument was completed in 1884, a...
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this time. Jews established a widely respected yeshiva, Jewish hospital, synagogue, cemetery, and education centre (kahal) and built the Grodzka Gate (known...
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Béziers, Brindisi, Chania, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Genoa, Girona, Grenoble, Ibiza, Katowice, Marseille, Menorca, Plovdiv, Podgorica, Reggio Calabria, Reus, Rhodes...
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