Doudleby nad Orlicí - Židovské muzeum v Praze

The new synagogue
a Classicist building in the south-west end of the Jewish quarter, on the northern side
of today’s Švermova street
1820 the synagogue was built ••JCB
in winter 1820-21 the synagogue „was rebuilt“ ••§FH
1821 the synagogue „was rebuilt using of stone“ ••*K,*L
1821 „the synagogue from the year 1777 was rebuilt “ ••UPC,WPC
1821-22 date of inscription above the northern entrance to the synagogue (in 2001
the entrance was walled in) ••FO
1823 purchase contract dated June 30, 1823: the Jewish community of Doudleby
purchased a lot on which they „later“ built a synagogue ••*Z
1840 ▪ lot no. 125, no. XXVIII
▪ the area of the building ground was 87 s 2 , i.e. 312 m 2
▪ the owner of the building is the Jewish community ••BPP
1856 the area of the building ground was 143 s 2 , i.e = 514 m 2 (parts of lots no. 304 and
no. 1428 were added), while side streets leading along the northern and eastern
sides of the synagogue ceased to exist ••BPP,DSK,KP
the original interior:
▪ a flat ceiling with a stucco cove decoration in the centre
▪ a gallery for women was only along the western side of the synagogue over the
synagogue front hall, with a white (wooden? brick?) partition and a ceiling decorated
with stucco and painting
▪ the entrance to the gallery for women was in the north (from the garden, formerly
a narrow street) by a spiral wooden staircase built in the space of the synagogue
front hall (the upper part of the staircase is connected with the gallery by an oval
Empire style window)
▪ hall with four surbased arched windows on the northern side and four windows on
the southern side
▪ in the eastern wall of the hall there are two high windows flanking the aron ha-kodesh
and a small oval window above it
▪ the aron ha-kodesh is flanked by two columns surmounted by Empire style vases
▪ the entrance to the western hall for men is from the north (from the garden, originally
from a narrow street), with a stone portal followed by an arched doorway with
a Hebrew inscription
▪ in the northern part of the wall between the western vestibule and the main hall there is
an arched window ••FO,Y/2001
1941 religious services were held until 1941 year
1942 after the deportation of Jews to Theresienstadt (in 1942 year) the interior furnishing
of the synagogue was gradually destroyed by local people, towards the end of the
war the building was used for a short time as a dormitory for German soldiers and
later for Germans fleeing from the eastern front ••§FH
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