Brzeg Synagogue - a former synagogue building , located in Brzeg , Poland . At the beginning of the sixteenth century a former synagogue building stood in the location of the present , but burnt down in 1507 . The present day building of the synagogue was built by Jews from Biała , who settled in Brzeg in 1660 . The first rabbi was recruited by the gmina in 1816 . The building had undergone a major renovation in 1899 , the second in 1937 . During the Kristallnacht through November 9 to 10 , 1938 , the NSDAP members had destroyed the interior of the synagogue and publicly burnt the Torah . In 1940 , the synagogue was reconstructed to serve as a residence
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Brzeg Synagogue