| New Synagogue | |
| Native Name: | de|Neue Synagoge pl|Nowa Synagoga |
| Image Upright: | 1.4 |
| Festivals: | --> |
| Organizational Status: | --> |
| Functional Status: | Destroyed |
| Map Type: | Germany 1937 |
| Map Size: | 250 |
| Map Relief: | 1 |
| Coordinates: | 51.1045°N 17.0283°W |
| Architect: | Edwin Oppler |
| Architecture Type: | Synagogue architecture |
| Architecture Style: | Romanesque Revival |
| Year Completed: | 1872 |
| Date Destroyed: | November 1938 |
| Date Destroyed: | --> |
| Dome Quantity: | One |
| Minaret Quantity: | Four |
| Elevation Ft: | --> |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
The New Synagogue (de|Neue Synagoge; pl|Nowa Synagoga) was a former Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland). It was one of the largest synagogues in the German Empire and a centre of Reform Judaism in Breslau. Designed by Edwin Oppler in the Romanesque Revival style and completed in 1872, the synagogue was destroyed during the Kristallnacht pogrom which swept across Nazi Germany on 9–10 November 1938.[2]
At the time of the synagogue's construction, Breslau had a Jewish population of 20,000, with only Berlin and Hamburg larger in size.[2]
Manuel Joël, who had become the rabbi for the Reform Jewish community in 1863, was the first rabbi to head the community in the new building. He died in 1890, and was followed by Jacob Guttman, who served until his death in 1919. Dr. Hermann Vogelstein became the rabbi in 1920.[3] On November 4, 1938, there was a farewell service for him, and a welcome service for Dr. Reinhold Lewin, who would be the last rabbi.[4]