Description of the attraction
The Nozyk Synagogue is the only pre-war synagogue in Warsaw that was not destroyed during World War II. The temple is named after the Nojik family, who donated a large sum of money for the construction of the synagogue in the late 19th century. Currently, this synagogue is the main one in the Jewish community of Warsaw.
In April 1893, the only Jewish notary in Warsaw by the name of Simon Landau certified the sale of an empty plot of land on Twardoy Street for 157,000 rubles. The buyer was Polish merchant Zalman Nozyk. Five years later, construction of a synagogue for Orthodox Jews began on this site. The Construction Committee estimated the project at 250 thousand rubles, which Zalman Nozhik paid again. Leonard Marconi was appointed as the architect.
The inauguration of the synagogue took place on May 12, 1902, after which the Nozhik family handed over the building to the Jewish community in exchange for a request to name the synagogue after them.
In 1923, renovations were carried out in the synagogue - a semicircular choir appeared at the eastern wall, created under the direction of the architect Maurice Grodzensky. Until the outbreak of World War II, the synagogue was known for its male choir under the direction of Abraham Tzvi Davidovich.
During the war, the Germans set up a stable in the synagogue. However, in 1941, the Nazis gave permission to open five synagogues in the capital, among which was the Nojikov synagogue. A year later, it was closed again, because it was outside the ghetto. During the Warsaw Uprising, the synagogue was significantly damaged during street fighting and bombing, but was not destroyed.
After the war, the synagogue was partially renovated at the expense of the surviving Jews, and in July 1945 the first service took place.
In 1968, the synagogue was closed, and prayers were held in a small room located in an adjacent building. After the liquidation of the Jewish community, the temple passed to the Union of the Religious Jewish Faith. Until 1983, renovations were carried out here again, the aim of which was to restore the appearance of the synagogue of the early 20th century. In April 1983, on the 40th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, the synagogue was inaugurated.
In December 2008, Lech Kaczynski visited the Nozykov synagogue.
