Jakob Glanzer Shul

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The Jakob Glanzer Shul, or the former Chasidim Synagogue, was a synagogue at the Ugol'naya street Nr.3 in Lviv, Ukraine.

History

The synagogue was built from 1841 to 1844 in a Baroque style, which was financed by Jacob Glaznera, who was a Lvov merchant. After Glazner the synagogue was named: "Jacob Glazner Shul". In 1844 Jacob Glanzera's synagogue was the second-largest synagogue, after the Big city synagogue. The synagogue has been constructed in a complex with two stores. There was a prayer hall and two circles of galleries for women were attached. Here it was placed also mikva. It is unique of ten synagogues of the Krakow suburb which was kept after war. The known rabbi David Kahane who has left memoirs about the Holocaust worked in the synagogue. The building was ruined during the World War II by Nazis and used used as a horse stable. Later on, it was used as an ammunition storage area. During the Soviet period, it was used as a gymnasium. Since 1989, it has been used as a center of Jewish culture, the "Sholom Aleichem Jewish Culture Society". External walls of a building were repaired in 1990th years. The window immured on the left party is the external indicator of the location of the Holy Ark.

External links

* [http://www.autodidacts.f2s.com/tua/photos/y3.html Alexander Denisenko's photographs of Lviv]