Orthodox synagogue
You’re looking at Sopron’s Orthodox synagogue, the Ortopodox zsinagóga that locals also call the Ortodokse Synagoge. It was built on the south side of Paprét in 1890–1891, designed by Schiller János, and set on a plot laid out with a rectangular floor plan and a “comb-like” arrangement of buildings along the site. The story here is tightly linked to the community itself. The Orthodox congregation was founded in 1873 after 48 members split off, and they chose Grünwald Manó as their first rabbi. Leadership moved through a long list of presidents, including Pollák Salamon early on. During the Second World War, the synagogue and its surroundings became part of the ghetto setup, and on 29 June 1944, 1,600 Jews from Sopron were sent off toward the Jacobi factory, then onward to Auschwitz on 5 July 1944. …
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