Doudleby nad Orlicí - Židovské muzeum v Praze

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1950 the consequent Jewish community from > Hradec Králové sold the building of the
synagogue to the Czechoslovak Church (contract dated 5 October, 1950, state
agreement dated 2 April, 1951) ••§FH
1951 a memorial plaque will be placed on the building with information on the origins
of the building, the local Jewish community and the victims of the Holocaust in the
region ••VZO/1951/27-28
the Czechoslovak Church rebuilt the synagogue to suit the needs of its prayer hall:
▪ all the windows in the eastern front were walled in
▪ „pillars of the outer walls“ were demolished
▪ the gallery for women on the western side was separated from the main hall by a wall
▪ a new entrance (on the western side) was built and the old one (on the northern side,
with the Hebrew inscription dated 1821-22) was walled in
▪ a new wooden altar was installed
▪ on the eastern wall a painting of Christ was executed by the painter Zemánek from
Doudleby
▪ the original benches of the Jewish community were destroyed, so the church was
temporarily furnished with folding seats from the local cinema ••§FH
1954 ceremonial opening of the prayer hall of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church ••§FH
1966 a columbarium was established in the interior with fifty compartments for urns
••§FH
1981-82 the eastern, southern and western walls were newly plastered ••§FH
1983 new benches and a new pulpit were installed ••§FH
2001 ▪ the northern entrance for men is walled up, the Hebrew inscription above
the entrance is well-preserved
▪ the northern entrance for women and the spiral staircase to the gallery have been
preserved
▪ the space of the former gallery is used as an attic (storing apart from other things
a couple of original windows), stucco ceiling with painted stars (divided by a wall)
has been preserved
▪ the stucco ceiling in the main hall has been preserved, the windows in the eastern
wall have been walled in
▪ the seat of the district office of the parish of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church
which owns the building is in Rychnov nad Kněžnou
▪ the custodian of the building is Mr Petrlák from Doudleby nad Orlicí ••Y
Torah scrolls from Doudleby in the world
there are two Torah scrolls in the synagogue in Portland (Maine, USA) ••§RP
Burials
at the cemetery in > Vamberk (3 km north-east):
▪ the cemetery was founded in 1616 ••WPC
▪ the cemetery was founded allegedly before 1673, it is recorded from 1688 ••RJC,*V
▪ the cemetery was founded in 1688 ••HZH,*H