Tartu Synagogue ( et, Tartu sünagoog) was a
synagogue in
Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast o ...
, Estonia.
The synagogue was built in 1903 and was designed by a local architect R. Pohlmann.
The synagogue was destroyed during
WW II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
. Many of the synagogue's items were saved and these can be seen in
Estonian National Museum
The Estonian National Museum ( et, Eesti Rahva Muuseum) founded 1909 in Tartu is a museum devoted to folklorist Jakob Hurt's heritage, to Estonian ethnography and folk art. The first items for the museum were originally collected in the latt ...
.
See also
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Tallinn Synagogue
Tallinn Synagogue, ( et, Tallinna sünagoog), also known as Beit Bella Synagogue, is located in Estonia's capital city. The privately funded synagogue in central Tallinn was inaugurated on May 16, 2007. The building is an ultramodern, airy struct ...
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History of the Jews in Estonia
The history of Jews in Estonia starts with reports of the presence of individual Jews in what is now Estonia from as early as the 14th century.
Jews were settled in Estonia in the 19th century, especially following a statute of Russian Tsar ...
References
Buildings and structures in Tartu
Synagogues in Estonia
Synagogues completed in 1903
Orthodox synagogues
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