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stripped the interior of all furnishings. However the seventeenth-century baroque chanukah candlestick, which was transported to Wawel castle, is the only element of the equipment of the synagogue that survived the war. Currently, it is on permanent exhibition in the Old
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and the wall-paintings uncovered early in the 21st century by art conservation remain. On the eastern wall there is the largest and at the same time the oldest
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333:synagogue
306:Materials
294:Destroyed
286:Completed
154:Kazimierz
110:Ownership
82:Synagogue
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223:50°3′4″N
149:Location
144:Location
128:Inactive
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43:Religion
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1244:complex
1242:Włodawa
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