Ústí nad Labem, synagoga

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Synagogue in oriental style by architect Alwin Köhler was launched on April 1, 1880 from funds received cash collection among members of the Jewish community. It was a highly eclectic building with a women's gallery. Even in 1880 it zasvětill Teplice Rabbi Dr. Artur Rosenzweig, a Jewish community in Roudnice lent his choir, backed by the German Usti Gesengverein 1848. In the early 20th century, the building was structurally extended and completed a two-manual organ from Rieger. In late September 1938, Usti nad Labem, together with the attached Sudetenland to the Reich. Although the synagogue survived Kristallnacht, but eventually was fired on December 31, 1938 fanatic Nazis. Leaving only the outer walls and floor. Torso building purchased in 1940 ústecká butcher firm Robert Houdek, which are built the sausage factory and butcher school. It was during the bombing of the city in 1945 partially damaged.