Great Choral Synagogue Memorial
Rīgas Horālā sinagoga; בית הכנסת כורל של ריגה
A monument to the grand synagogue that stood in this space before Nazis burned it down.

📜 Memorial to the Great Choral Synagogue, a monumental structure completed in Riga in 1871.
🔥 The synagogue was tragically burned down by Nazis on July 4, 1941.

Why Go

🙏 Pay respects at a significant Holocaust memorial.
🏛️ See symbolic walls inlaid with fragments of the original 1871 synagogue.
🕊️ Reflect on the history of Latvian Jews and those who saved them.

Tips

💡 A memorial to Jānis Lipke and other Jewish saviors is located next to the main memorial.

📍 Location

Gogoļa iela, Riga, Latvia.

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