Sisak Synagogue

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Sisak Synagogue
Sisačka sinagoga
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Sisak Synagogue on the postcard
Religion
Affiliation Judaism
Rite Ashkenazi
LeadershipRabbi: Beno Heisz [1]
StatusDevastated and robbed in 1942, today serves as a music school
Location
Location Sisak, Croatia
Architecture
Style Neo-romanticism, neo-Mudéjar
Completed1880

Sisak Synagogue was the 19th century synagogue in Sisak, Croatia built in the 1880. During World War II it was devastated and robbed, and synagogue rabbi Beno Heisz was killed in 1943. Synagogue today serves as a music school.

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References

  1. "Benno Heisz". Pages of testimony by Reuven Incardona (grandson). Yad Vashem.

Coordinates: 45°29′16″N16°22′27″E / 45.4878°N 16.3741°E / 45.4878; 16.3741