Practical info

Type of location: Synagogue

Synagogue of Kaunas

E. Ožeškienės g. 13, Kaunas 44254

Tel +370 61403100

gabai@kaunasjews.lt

Historical description

Kaunas

Nothing of the Jewish presence in Kaunas remains but the synagogue, whereas before the war there was a yeshiva, a kosher slaughterhouse, and a prison. The birthplace of Emmanuel Levinas, Kaunas was before the Shoah a major center of European Judaism, with a ... Read more

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