syn/europe/hungary

The Synagogues of Europe
PAST AND PRESENT
Hungary

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Below you will find a series of postcards that depict various synagogues that currently or once stood in Europe. Most of these photographs have been purchased, taken, or otherwise obtained by those visiting these towns and cities, and they have been subsequently submitted to the Museum to be placed online. Some of these synagogues might still be extant, i.e. still being used as synagogues, but others lay abandoned and perhaps in a state of disrepair, or are currently being used for other purposes. Some have been restored.

Current town names are used to indicate the location of each synagogue.

The Museum welcomes further submissions, as this exhibition is forever ongoing and evolving. Please include the name of the country, town/city, synagogue (if known), and the month and year the photo was taken.

Please click on the thumbnail photos to see the enlarged versions.

AUSTRIA	BELARUS	BELGIUM	CROATIA	CZECH REPUBLIC
FRANCE	GERMANY	GREECE	HUNGARY	ITALY
LATVIA	LITHUANIA	MOLDOVA	POLAND	ROMANIA
RUSSIA	SERBIA	SLOVAKIA	SPAIN	SWITZERLAND
TURKEY	UKRAINE

HUNGARY
	BALASSAGYARMAT, HUNGARY (bef 1939) After the outbreak of World War II, the Jewish inhabitants of Balassagyarmat were forced into a ghetto and subsequently many were sent to labor camps. Each 22 Sivan a Yahrzeit candle is lit by those who lost loved ones in the gas chambers of Auschwitz in 1944. On this date, about 1,500 citizens of Balassagyarmat, Hungary, virtually the entire population of the town, perished. Only 225 Jews returned to the town after the war had ended in 1945. The first synagogue in Balassagyarmat was destroyed by fire in 1776, but subsequently was rebuilt and dedicated in 1868.
	Békéscsaba, HUNGARY (2004)
	BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (2005) Dohány Street Synagogue This synagogue is the largest in Europe (seats 3,000) and the second largest in the world.
	EGER, HUNGARY
	MISKOLC, HUNGARY (2005) Kazinczy Street This synagogue was built between 1856 and 1862. From Wikipedia.
	SZEGED, HUNGARY
	SZOLNOK, HUNGARY