Jewish Youth Association | Board of Directors A. Friedheim

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‚Brit Haolim‘: Chaluzischer Jugendbund from 1922, which merged with the Jung-Jüdischer Wanderbund in 1925. 

The Jüdischer Jugendbund ‚Brit Haolim‘ had as its practical goal the preparation for life in the kibbutz. The ‚Brit Haolim‘ consistently demanded that every fully educated young Zionist should emigrate to Palestine. Even after emigration, they wanted to live together and then merge into the working class of Palatinate.

Božena Neumannová, née Fuchsová - MUDr. Antonín Neumann - Eva Vanousová, née Neumannová - Jiřina Neumannová

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Božena Neumannová, née Fuchsová and her daughter Jiřina Sofie were murdered in Auschwitz extermination camp in 1944.

Her husband MUDr. Antonín Neuman – he worked as a prisoner in the camp hospital of the Auschwitz extermination camp – and daughter Eva Marie üsurvived the Shoa.

Shortly before 1939, the Neumann couple had their children Eva and Jiřina baptized as Christians because they thought this would save them from Nazi persecution.

Ludwig Landgrebe and Ilse Maria Landgrebe, née Goldschmidt

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Ilse Maria Landgrebe, née Goldschmidt, was born in Reinbek in 1906. Her parents - Arthur Goldschmidt (lawyer) and Toni Katharina-Maria Jeanette née Horschitz - were Christians of Jewish origin.

Ilse Maria Goldschmidt married the phenomenologist and philosopher Ludwig Landgrebe in 1933.

Because of his Jewish-Christian wife Ilse Maria, Ludwig Landgrebe fled to Prague in 1935.

Izaak Synagogue - Synagoga Izaaka Jakubowicza

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In 1638, the wealthy Jewish merchant Isaak Jakubowicz (common name: Ajzyk Jekeles) received permission from the Polish King Władysław IV. Wasa granted permission to build a synagogue. This was completed in 1644.

It was repeatedly rebuilt over the years. During the German occupation of Poland in the Second World War, the building was destroyed and the bima was completely destroyed.

After the war, the interior was partially restored; in 1981, it was again destroyed by fire.

High Synagogue Krakow - Synagoga Wysoka w Krakowie

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The High Synagogue is located in a late Renaissance brick building on a rectangular floor plan. It was most likely built between 1556 and 1563. According to one hypothesis, the synagogue was built by Sephardic Jews following the example of the synagogues built in the Venetian ghetto. Another version states that the wealthy merchant Izrael obtained permission from King Sigismund II Augustus to build a synagogue in the second half of the 16th century. August for permission to build a synagogue and allegedly received it.

Temple-Synagogue Krakow - Synagoga Tempel w Krakowie

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The Temple Synagogue is located on a corner plot on the corner of Miodowa and Podbrzezie streets. The building was constructed in 1860–1862 and is in the eclectic neo-Renaissance style with Moorish elements. On the richly decorated façade above the main entrance are black marble plaques with the Ten Commandments. On the façade and the side walls are two-part arcade windows with unique colorful stained glass from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The wall paintings with plant motifs have an oriental character.

Kupa Synagogue in Krakow - Synagoga Kupa w Krakowie

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The Kupa Synagogue, also known as the Synagogue of the Poor, is located in the historic Krakow district Kazimierz The simple synagogue from 1643 with baroque accents is located in the district that was reserved exclusively for the Jewish community from Krakow by King John I Albrecht in 1495. The synagogue was built from donations to the Jewish community (Kahal). Its name is derived from kupat, the Hebrew word for community treasury.

The Kupa Synagogue was destroyed by the Nazis during the Second World War and used for secular purposes until 1991.