Kielce Synagoga

Text on the back -Kommando der Heerenbahnstation Kielce.Nakł. Sz.K.K. Naśl. Zastrzeżone;Production period - 1st quarter of 20th century;founders, architects, painters etc. - Stanisław Szpakowski;Front Handwritten Text - 16.5.1916;Front Period - 1902 - 1909;Category - Synagogues;Description - A horizontal postcard depicting the Synagogue of Kielce built between 1902-1909, internally devastated duringWW2 and turned into an arrest andwharehouse for looted jewish property. Near the buildingseen are people some of whichappear to be jewish. Further another small building. The synagogue was leftto decay after the warand rebuilt differently in 1955 as a municipal archive. In 1996for the 50th memorial year of the Kielce pogrom was refurbished and returned to its function as a synagogue.;Back Description - A divided postcard with printed lines on the right half for adress.Far left margin vertically printed is the publisher. Above the dividing line is an army unit stamp. in thetop right corneris a stamp with a round post office mark. On both sides of the division line is a pencil handwritten text.;Stamp Place on postcard - top right corner of back;Stamp Origin - Austria (Empire);Stamp Period - 1916;Stamp Description - Emperor Franz Joseph face on green ornamentedbackround .;Post office marks Origin - Kielce (Town);Post office marks Languages Of Text - Polish;Post office marks Description - A round double lined post office mark withonly the word Kielce visible from the rest.