Švėkšna synagogue (Schwestnau)

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Synagogue
Adresse

Liepų A. 12
99382 Švėkšna
Lithuania

Koordinate
55.517847112947, 21.62144377049

A large fire  destroyed the entire city center in 1925, including the then wooden synagogue. The subsequently rebuilt synagogue was completed in 1928, with some rebuilding up to 1936.  At the end of June 1941, SS men from nearby Heydekrug locked up Jewish men from the town in the synagogue and later transported them away.

After the war from 1945, the building was used as a cultural center, and later as a warehouse and sports hall. After that, it stood empty for many years. Since 2007, the building has been renovated.

Ereignisse
Beschreibung
Destruction of the previous synagogue by fire
Ereignis
Other Event
Datum Von
1925-01-01
Datum bis
1925-12-31
Datierung
1925
Epoche universalgeschichtlich
6-German Empire and Weimar Republic
Beschreibung
Construction of a new synagogue
Ereignis
Established
Datum Von
1926-01-01
Datum bis
1928-01-01
Datierung
1926-1928
Epoche universalgeschichtlich
6-German Empire and Weimar Republic
Beschreibung
by SS units
Ereignis
Desecrated
Datum Von
1941-06-27
Datum bis
1941-06-27
Datierung
27. Juni 1941
Epoche universalgeschichtlich
7-Nazi Period
Ereignis
Renovated
Datum Von
2018-01-01
Datum bis
2022-08-17
Datierung
seit 2018
Epoche universalgeschichtlich
8-Postwar Period to Today
Medien
Sveksna Synagoge
Gray two-story building with hipped roof. 4 windows on the right are long and pointed, on the left 2 areas with smaller windows and a door, this is made of preliminary wooden panels. In the foreground old cobblestone. To the door leads an eight-step staircase, which serves as a site ramp with backfill.
Aufnahmedatum
30.04.2022
Fotografiert von
Michael Leiserowitz
Leiserowitz
Bildquelle (Woher stammt das Bild)
Juden in Ostpreussen e.V.
Breite
1200
Höhe
825
Lizenz
CC BY-SA 4.0
Beschreibung
The synagogue in Sveksna, Lithuania (German place name Schwestnau)
Staatspräsident besucht 1928 Švėkšna
In the background on the right a large synagogue building, on the left a wooden house, in between a scaffold with garlands of leaves. above a welcome banner in Lithuanian with Hebrew greeting for the Lithuanian President.
Aufnahmedatum
1928
Fotografiert von
unbekannt
Leiserowitz
Bildquelle (Woher stammt das Bild)
Wikimedia Commons
ggf. URL
Jews_welcoming_Lithuanian_President_Antanas_Smetona_under_a_Lithuanian_and_Hebrew_banner,_Švėkšna.png
Breite
780
Höhe
495
Lizenz
Public Domain
Beschreibung
Lithuanian President Atannas Smetona visits Švėkšna in 1928. The Jewish community has placed in greeting banner in front of the new synagogue.
Weiterführender Link
The Center for Jewish Art
LitvagSIG Sveksna - our town
Literatur
Cohen-Mushlin, Aliza, Sergey Kravtsov, Vladimir Levin, Giedrė Mickūnaitė, Jurgita Šiaučiūnaitė-Verbickienė (eds.), Synagogues in Lithuania. A Catalogue, 2 vols. (Vilnius: VIlnius Academy of Art Press, 2010-12)
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