Our recent post on the restoration project for the wooden synagogue in Pakruojis, Lithuania generated a lot of interest.
So, to add to it, we’re posting here a link to the excellent digital presentation about the synagogue prepared some years back by the Center for Jewish Art, at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. (The link can also be found in our country pages for Lithuania).
The presentation is a video that illustrates the history of the synagogue and the Jewish presence in the town — noting that there were once three synagogues in Pakruojis. The wooden synagogue, it notes, was transformed into a movie house after the Holocaust and eventually abandoned.
It also includes the striking photo documentation of the synagogue made in 1938, showing the painted decoration on the ceiling and the carved ark and bimah — and it puts these all together in a digital recreation of the building, inside and out, showing the architectural and artistic features.
Well worth spending a little time watching!
1 comment on “Lithuania: much more on Pakruojis synagogue”
a beautiful history . Thank you.