The synagogue in Gvozdets is a lost monument of wooden architecture of the 17th century in the town of Gvozdets in the Kolomyi district of Ivano-Frankivsk region, known in particular for wall paintings. Destroyed by German occupiers in 1941.
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The memory of this almost forgotten example of Jewish culture was restored in 2014 thanks to the reconstruction of a wooden arch in the Warsaw Museum of the History of Polish Jews .
Building History
Built around 1640. The synagogue had a rectangular layout with cut corners, and a height of about 15 meters. The walls are made in a "moss" design. The four-sided roof was covered with shingle. Under the roof was an octagonal vault measuring about 11.3 × 11.3 m. With rich painted decor. In 1729, the vault was rebuilt. There was also a vestibule, a female and a brick building with a north-western wing, which became a header, as well as a prayer room in winter. By 1910, restoration work was carried out in the synagogue, but soon, during the First World War, it was damaged as a result of a pogrom by Russian troops. Repair was carried out during the Second Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, however, during the German occupation, the synagogue was completely destroyed during a fire caused by arson.
The artistic painting, made in 1652, is a work of Israel Lisnitsky from Yarychev , the son of Mordechai. The painting was restored in 1729 by Isaac, the son of Yehuda ha Cohen from Yarychev.
Sources
- Kost B. Boska polichromia z Gwoźdźca // Kurier Galicyjski. - 14-27 lutego 2014 .-- 3 (199).
- Synagoga drewniana w Gwoźdzcu
- Shabbat goy
- Thomas Hubka & Gwoździec synagogue