Reicher Synagogue in Lodz - Synagoga Reicherów Łódź

Reicher Synagogue (prayer house)

Synagoga Reicherów (ul. Południowa 28; ob. ul. Rewolucji 1905 roku 28.)

The private synagogue of the Reicher family is the only synagogue in Łódź that survived the II. It is located in the second backyard of a tenement building at Rewolucji 1905 r. 28. Wolf Reicher übefitted the building to a friendly German business partner. By the Übereignung, hidden Gebäudelage as well as war turmoil could the prayer house the German Nazi occupation time as salt store üüberdauern.

The synagogue was built from 1895 - 1902 according to the plans of the architect Gustaw Landau-Gutenberg as a prayer house for 42 persons . The interior captivates with restored stucco work and polychromies, which refer to the traditional Jüdian synagogue style. 

With the help of the ‚Nissenbaum Family Foundation’ and the ‚Lauder Foundation‘ renovation of the neglected structure took place in 1989.

Currently, the house of prayer is administered by the Jüdische Kultusgemeinde Łódź.