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4 unusual facts about Belgrade Synagogue


Belgrade Synagogue

There is one other surviving synagogue building in the Belgrade area, located in the town of Zemun.

At that time Belgrade boasted a strong Jewish Ladino-speaking Sephardic community mostly settled in the central Belgrade neighborhood called Dorćol.

Most Jewish men perished at the Autokomanda site near the city center, apart from those killed at the Banjica camp; the camp at Sajmište was on Independent State of Croatia territory and it mostly saw the destruction of women and children.

Religious architecture in Belgrade

The Jewish community is served by the Belgrade Synagogue, which is the only currently active Jewish place of worship in the entire country, although not the only such structure within the city limits.



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