Welcome to the Synagogue Turnov web pages!

• Built in 1719
• The building served as a Jewish place of worship up to the year 1941
• In January 1941 the Jews from Turnov were transported to Terezín, later to Osvětim
• The synagogue was reopened after the War in 1945
• Left around the year 1950, when the rest of Jewish community was transformed to synagogal choir
• From the year 1951 to 2003 the building served as a storehouse of housewares
• The municipality of Turnov bought the building from private owner in 2003
• Turnov applied for EU grants concerning the reconstruction of the building in 2005
• The Norwegian Financial Mechanism financial support arrived in 2006
• The reconstruction itself was carried out within a year from 2007 to 2008
• The synagogue was ceremonially reopened on 20 November, 2008

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The synagogue is open to visitors from April 30. We look forward to your visit.

Information about current goings-on at the synagogue can be found in the NEWS section.

Memorial plaque for Gustav and Petr Deutsch

We turn to Turnov-area residents and businesses with a request for financial support for a marble plaque to honor the memory of our Jewish neighbors Gustav and Petr Deutsch. Gustav and Petr, his son, fled from Liberec to Turnov after the Nazi annexation of the Sudetenland. In Turnov the two lived on Vejrych street. They were arrested at the beginning of the war, transported to Poland, and put to work in the Baukommando (construction unit) during the building of the concentration camp Gross-Rosen. They died while laboring under inhuman conditions. Their remains were returned to relatives in Turnov and are buried in Turnov’s Jewish cemetery.

The memorial plaque will be placed on the “memory wall” in Gross-Rosen.

Thank you for your contributions!

Synagogue Turnov, including all cultural and educational programs and exhibitions, is managed by:

Terezie Dubinova, PhD
Tourism Department, Turnov City Hall

Phone: +420 481 366 255
GSM: +420 733 691 479
E-mail: http://t.dubinova@info.turnov.cz
Web: http://www.synagoga-turnov.cz/

If you would like to receive information about cultural events at the synagogue, contact us at the above addresses to be added to our e-mail list.

HERE TO FIND US:

Synagogue Turnov

Krajirova 2199
Turnov, 511 01
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