Event · Fire
Burning of the Great Synagogue
Nazis burned the Great Synagogue in 1941 with about 2,000 Jews inside.
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... Who could forget the famed Great Synagogue,
burned by the Nazis in 1941 with about 2,000 Jews
inside? This holy place, before its 1ignominious end, was
the main center for Bialystoker Jews to pray, vent their
spiritual fervor and link up with the traditions of
preceding generations. ...Connected nodes