Bytom Synagogue

The Synagogue of Bytom (Polish Synagoga w Bytom ) was located at the former Friedrich -Wilhelm-Ring (or Friedrich- Wilhelm-Platz ) in the Upper Silesian city of Bytom (or Polish Bytom ), which up to the German invasion of Poland in 1939 a German border town near the Second Polish Republic was.

The Beuthener synagogue was built in 1869, where it replaced an older one. The foundation stone was laid on May 25, 1868 the grand opening took place on July 2, 1869, the inauguration on 2 December of the same year. The architect was the Berlin Freuding, the Works took over the Beuthener Ritter. Dr. Felix cobblestone, by profession a lawyer and notary, there was a rabbi in 1889. Chief Cantor was over 40 years Hermann Son of David, the father of Magnus son of David and grandfather of Ilse Stanley.

The synagogue was built during the so-called "Kristallnacht" on 9-10. November 1938 burned down. Previously, Joseph Goebbels had held an anti-Semitic speech in Bytom on November 7, in which he called for retribution against the Jews. This had to endure hours prior to burning synagogue. The members of the Jewish community of Bytom were among the first victims of the Holocaust: They were in the first concentration camp transport and were on February 15, 1942 at the " Bunker I " gassed at Auschwitz -Birkenau.

On November 9, 2007 the 69th anniversary of the "Kristallnacht", a memorial plaque was installed at the site, which dates from the artist Stanisław Pietrusę and was funded by the German Federal Foreign Office. The unveiling took place in the presence of the German Consul Louis Neudorf, the Beuthener Mayor Piotr Koj, as well as representatives of the Jewish community.