Dózsa György úti zsinagóga
Dózsa György úti zsinagóga—often called the Angyalföld Synagogue—stands on Dózsa György út in the north of Pest, a building whose story mirrors the city’s 20th-century upheavals. The synagogue was conceived to serve the northern Pest Jewish community, with construction led by Lipót Baumhorn, and was completed around 1909 after starting in 1907. It opened as a place of worship with the ceremony led by Dr. Hevesi Simon and Wilheim Joachim. During the war years 1944–45, the hall’s function shifted tragically as the building served as a collection camp. After the fighting, it briefly returned to prayer use, but by the late 1940s the shrinking Jewish community repurposed the space as a storehouse in the former cultural hall. In 1984, ownership passed to the Honvéd Budapest, and the building was renovated to house a boxing and fencing department of the Budapest Honvéd Sports Association. …
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