The Synagogue
Heritage Sites – Synagogues, prayer houses and others
Ukraina / Волинська область (obwód wołyński)
In 1893, there was one synagogue in Kowel.
Leonid Kogan, in his article "The World Union of Wołyn Jews", wrote that "the exterior of the two-storey building "Heichal Yahaduth Wolyn” (literally translated from Hebrew: "The Palace of Wołyn Judaism”; unofficially known as "Beit Wołyn", "Wołyn House) at 10 Korazin Street in Tel Aviv, reminds one of a gigantic concrete tombstone, supported by four pillars.
On the ground floor, the Wolłyn Israel and USA landsmannschaften rented seventeen rooms to commemorate the memory of their demised Jewish communities and their martyrs.
Near the library, models of the Kowel Great Synagogue have been created - all connected with the tragical events of the summer of 1942. It was used as a gathering point for local Jews prior to their deportation for execution. A few of the condemned managed to scrape or to write with their blood farewell meessages on the synagogue walls.
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