Synagoga im. Malzonkow Nozykow description and photos - Poland: Warsaw (Topic)

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The Nozyk Synagogue is the only pre-war synagogue in Warsaw that was not destroyed during the Second World War. The temple is named after the Nojik family, who donated a large sum of money for the construction of the synagogue in the late 19th century. Currently, this synagogue is the main one in the Jewish community of Warsaw.

In April 1893, the only Jewish notary in Warsaw by the name of Simon Landau certified a deal to sell an empty plot of land on Twardoy Street for 157,000 rubles. The buyer was the Polish merchant Zalman Nozyk. Five years later, construction of a synagogue for Orthodox Jews began on this site. The Construction Committee estimated the project at 250 thousand rubles, which Zalman Nozyk paid again. Leonard Marconi was appointed as the architect.

The synagogue was inaugurated on May 12, 1902, after which the Nozhik family handed over the building to the Jewish community in exchange for a request to name the synagogue after them.

In 1923, renovations were carried out in the synagogue - a semicircular choir appeared at the eastern wall , created under the direction of the architect Maurycy Grodzenski. Until the outbreak of World War II, the synagogue was known for its male choir directed by Abraham Zvi Davidovich.

During the war, the Germans set up a stable in the synagogue. However, in 1941, the Nazis gave permission to open five synagogues in the capital, among which was the Nozyk synagogue. A year later, it was closed again, because it was outside the ghetto. During the Warsaw Uprising, the synagogue was significantly damaged during street fighting and bombing. but was not destroyed.

After the war, the synagogue was partially repaired at the expense of the surviving Jews, and in July 1945 the first service was held.

In 1968 the synagogue was closed, prayers were held in a small room located in an adjacent building. After the liquidation of the Jewish community, the temple passed to the Union of the Religious Jewish Faith. Until 1983, renovations were carried out here again, the aim of which was to restore the appearance of the synagogue of the early 20th century. In April 1983, on the 40th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, the synagogue was inaugurated.

In December 2008, Lech Kaczynski visited the Nozykov synagogue.

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