Synagogue in Děčín-Podmokly / Tetschen-Bodenbach

The synagogue was built in 1907 by the Jewish community Bodenbach in Art Nouveau style with Moorish elements. Previously, services were held in premises provided by private individuals.

By the Münchner Abkommen of September 29, 1938, the Sudeten German territories were seceded from Czechoslovakia and incorporated into the German Reich. After this event and due to the pogrom night organized by the National Socialist regime on November 8-9, 1938, the Jüdische community in Děčín - Podmokly ceased to exist.

The then Bürgermeister Dr. Anton Kreissl could prevent the planned burning of the synagogue by organized Schlägertrupps with the argument that probably also the surrounding houses could become victims of the flames. Even his successor in office, Bürgermeister Julius Stumpf, was able to prevent the demolition by German and böhmische National Socialists.  

Dismantled and deprived of all Jewish symbols, it served as a camp for the Wehrmacht during the period of German occupation, from 1941 as an aircraft model room for the Hitler Youth, and then again as a military camp.

In the post-war period, the synagogue was used, among other things, as an archive.

In 1993, the Jüdische Gemeinde was re-established.

On 14.06.1994 übergabe the District National Committee Decin the synagogue of the Jüdische Gemeinde in the form of a donation. In the following years, extensive reconstruction work was carried out on the synagogue.