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Address marsz. Józefa Piłsudskiego 41, 16-500 Sejny, Poland Similar Seinų Švč Mergelės Marijos b, Wigry National Park, Suwałki Landscape Park, Augustów Canal, Hańcza | ||
The Sejny synagogue is a former synagogue in Sejny, Poland, also called the White Synagogue in Sejny.
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History
The large, Neo-baroque style building on Pilsudskiego Street was erected in the 1860s, replacing an older building. It was used by the Nazis as a fire station, the interior was gutted and all furnishings were destroyed. It was restored - with a plain, modern interior - in 1987 and now serves as a cultural center, theater and museum.
Called the Borderland Foundation, (Fundacja Pogranicze,) the foundation and its cultural ceenter are dedicated to the cultures of the region, Polish, Lithuanian, Belarusian, Jewish, Ukrainian and Russian. The Foundation was the Polish publisher of Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland by Jan T. Gross. A Klezmer band is based at the cultural center.
The nineteenth century yeshiva building also survives, and is also used by the Borderland Foundation.