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In the park, there are plaques telling about the history of the synagogue, benches for visitors with symbolic perforations depicting the signs of the zodiac - reflecting the ornaments of the Great
Synagogue - and greenery: a variety of trees, shrubs and flowers. The place is to provide residents and
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The park's design is meant to remind visitors of the shape of the synagogue. Around the centre of the structure and the stone slabs, the architects provided an outline of the temple in the form of a thin curb separating the centre of the park from the surrounding greenery. The main architectural
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occupiers on the night of
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element of the park is a mosaic of forty gray stone slabs. Each of the panels, measuring 120x220 cm, includes "reliefs" formed by grooves of various depths, the appearance of which changes under the influence of changes in lighting - changing weather, sunlight, rain or snow.
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slabs had served as a base for cutting other raw materials. Notches of different depth intersect and cross, which can be read as a symbolic representation of human fates crossing and heading in different directions.
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In 1939, the Great
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