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Coordinates:53°08′13″N23°09′12″E / 53.136861°N 23.15325°E /53.136861; 23.15325

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Format synagogue in Białystok, Poland

Cytron Synagogue
Polish:Synagoga Cytronów
The former synagogue, now an art gallery
Religion
Affiliation	Orthodox Judaism(former)
Rite	Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue(1936–1939) Profane use(1939–1960s) Art gallery
Status	Abandoned repurposed
Location
Location	24a Ludwika Waryńskiego Street,Białystok,Podlaskie Voivodeship
Country	Poland
Location of the former synagogue, now art gallery, inPodlaskie Voivodeship
Geographic coordinates	53°08′13″N23°09′12″E / 53.136861°N 23.15325°E /53.136861; 23.15325
Architecture
Type	Synagogue architecture
Style	Modernist
Funded by	Shmuel Cytron
Completed	1936
Materials	Brick
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TheCytron Synagogue (Polish:Synagoga Cytronów), also known as theBeit Midrash Cytron, is a formerOrthodox Jewish congregation andsynagogue, located at 24a Ludwika Waryńskiego Street inBiałystok, inPodlaskie Voivodeship,Poland. Completed in 1936 in theModernist style, the construction was funded by Shmuel Cytron, it served as a house of prayer untilWorld War II; subsequentlyused for profane purposes, and as theSleńdzińscy Gallery, anart gallery.

History

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The synagogue was built in 1936 with money from the Cytron family of industrialists.^[2] Before 1941, Jews formed a very high percentage of the population of Białystok. The majority were murdered in theHolocaust during theGerman occupation of Poland.

After World War II, the synagogue saw variable amounts of use, as the last operating synagogue in the city. It finally ceased to operate in the late 1960s.^[3] Many decorative elements were destroyed in renovations at the end of the 1970s.

The synagogue building is used as the city's art gallery and museum,^[4] that exhibits artefacts from the Śledziński family.^[5]

References

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^"Beit Midrash Cytron in Białystok".Historical synagogues in Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and theCenter for Jewish Art atHebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. RetrievedJuly 26, 2024.
^Lapanik, Victoria; Tereshkova, Ksenia (2022)."Belastok".Shtetlfest. RetrievedJuly 26, 2024.
^Niziołek, Katarzyna; Poczykowski, Radosław (2008)."Jewish Heritage Trail in Bialystok"(PDF).University of Białystok Foundation. pp. 19–20.
^"Cytron Synagogue (Cytron Bejt Midrasz), Sleńdzińscy Galery, 24a Waryńskiego Street".Virtual Shtetl (in Polish). Warsaw: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. 2017. RetrievedJuly 26, 2024.
^"Poland Grand Tour: Białystok".Navicup. n.d. RetrievedJuly 26, 2024.

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