Synagogue in Szczebrzeszyn

The Synagogue in Szczebrzeszyn is an Ashkenazi synagogue completed in 1659. The synagogue was rebuilt between 1957 and 1963 and in 2009-2010. This Baroque brick building now serves as a museum.

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Zamość Synagogue

The synagogue of Zamość is the best-preserved late Renaissance synagogue in Poland. The building was built between 1610 and 1620 on the initiative of the city's Sephardic Jews. After being damaged during the Second World War, the synagogue underwent two major restorations in 1948-1950 and 1967-1972. The building now houses the Jewish Museum of the region Zamość and a local educational centre.

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Frampol Jewish Cemetery

The cemetery was established in Frampol right after the city’s founding. The cemetery survived the War almost intact. After the War, the local non-Jewish population used the stone fence and most of the tombstones for construction purposes. After 1946, the cemetery was narrowed on the west side, and the edge was incorporated into the town. Over time, the cemetery became overgrown with poplars and robins. In 1985, the cemetery was fenced, a memorial for the victims of the Holocaust was erected, and the mass graves were marked.

It is home to 46 tombstones, some of which are today badly damaged. The cemetery also has 160 matzevot, most of which are fragmented and the oldest of which dates to 1735 or 1736.