19th-century wooden synagogue being restored in Uzhhorod
A wooden synagogue has moved to the Transcarpathian open-air museum.
The only surviving wooden synagogue in Eastern Europe has been reassembled at the Transcarpathian Museum of Folk Architecture and Life, reports "Suspilne Uzhhorod".
The synagogue was moved from the village of Velyki Komiaty in the Berehove district.
The project was financed by Jewish communities, the Holocaust Memorial Center, and charitable foundations from Hungary and Ukraine.
This year, the museum also received a wooden chapel of the Transcarpathian Germans (Swabians). According to museum director Vasyl Kotsan, together with the synagogue it shows the ethnic and religious diversity of the region.
The museum director noted that, if necessary, services could also be held in the synagogue.
As the UOJ reported, a historic synagogue will be restored in Stryi.
