The Nozyk Synagogue, Ulica Twarda 6
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This Orthodox synagogue at 6 Twarda Street was built between 1898-1902 in a Neo-Romanesque style incorporating Byzantine elements. It opened in 1900. It was financed by Zalman ben Menasze Nozyk (died 1903) and wife Rywka bat Mosze (died 1914), and its upkeep is paid for by funds provided by Zalman Nozyk in his will. Zalman Nozyk lived in Prózna Street. The synagogue was designed to accommodate 600 people.
The synagogue is the only one of Warsaw's synagogues to survive the Second World War. This is because it was in the Small Ghetto and became a German military stables and fodder store after the ghetto boundary moved north.
Despite damage during the war, the Nozyk synagogue reopened in 1945. It was restored between 1977 and 1983, and was opened again on 18th April 1983. Both Jews and Catholics attended the special service on that day. In September 1998 the front door was damaged by an arsonist. The old congregation building next to the synagogue houses the offices of various organisations, including the Association of Jewish War Veterans (founded in 1994) and 'Our Roots', the Jewish Information and Tourist Bureau. 'Our Roots' publish Jan Jagielski's and Robert Pasieczny's excellent A Guide to Jewish Warsaw.
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For further photographs of this synagogue, including an interior view, see: www.scrapbookpages.com/Poland/WarsawGhetto/WarsawGhetto06.html