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The Kazinczy Street Synagogue of Miskolc is the only synagogue, that survives in the city of Miskolc, Hungary. Also, it is the only functioning synagogue of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county. Ludwig Förster has designed this synagogue and it was built between 1856 and 1862 in neo-Romanesque style.
Förster has made some important innovations, such as : organ and the Torah reader's platform was put before the Ark. These innovations were rejected by the Orthodox majority of the city's Jews, and in the year following the opening of the synagogue a rabbinical assembly in Sátoraljaújhely excommunicated the rabbi of Miskolc. The Jewish citizens of Miskolc decided to remove the organ from the synagogue and put the platform in the centre, in accord with tradition.This event led to a split in the Jewish community, and the Sephardic Jews separated from the rest, building a small place of worship in Kölcsey street, which no longer survives.Another synagogue built in 1817, in Pálóczy Street, was demolished in 1963.According to the 1920 census, Miskolc had about 10,000 Jewish residents (16.5% of the total population) but the majority of them fell victim to The Holocaust. At the Déryné Street entrance to the synagogue are marble tablets commemorating that tragic event. Another commemorative plaque can be seen in János Arany Street, where the ghetto once was. |
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