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The Kolin synagogue, which is the second oldest in the Czech Republic, was constructed after 1642. Jews resided in the city as early as the 14th century, but the community was virtually wiped out during the Nazi deportations to the Terezin concentration camp in World War II.
Jews resided here as early as the 14th century . In the first half of the 19th
century there lived 313 lived there and in 1854 1700 persons. The number of
Jews dropped in the following years , only 430 persons are recorded in 1930.
2,202 persons were deported to Terezin from Kolin and its vicinity in 1942 and
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The Kolin synagogue, which is the second oldest in the Czech Republic, was
constructed after 1642. The synagogue served its original purpose until the
year 1955. It is also time when the Torahs from Kolin were send to the
different Jewish communities all over the world. Only the early baroque Aron ha
kodesh, acquired at the expense of the Viennese financier Samuel Oppenheimer,
uncle of David Oppenheimer, the provinncial rabbi in Bohemia, remains in its
original location. The inscription in the frieze reads " This is a gift from
the prince and high official Samuel Oppenheimer at the King�s Court and in the
capital city." However, the title of prince does not imply noble status but
expresses the importance of the offerer in the eyes of the Kolin Jewish
community. |
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