The Great Synagogue of Warsaw was one of the grandest synagogues constructed in Poland in the 19th century. At the time of its opening, it was the largest Jewish house of worship in the world. It was located on Tłomackie street in Warsaw.
Synagogue just after it was built in 1878
Photograph of the Great Synagogue, c. 1915
Plan of the structure
Interior
Jürgen Stroop was a German SS commander during the Nazi era, who served as SS and Police Leader in occupied Poland and Greece. He led the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 and wrote the Stroop Report, a book-length account of the operation. Following the defeat of Germany, Stroop was prosecuted during the Dachau Trials and convicted of murdering nine U.S. prisoners of war. After his extradition to Poland, Stroop was tried, convicted, and executed for crimes against humanity.
Stroop in U.S. custody (1945)
Bishop, later Cardinal, Count Clemens von Galen
1943 Jurgen Stroop signed document for his personal Infantry Badge received earlier.
Jürgen Stroop (center, in a field cap) with his men in the burning of Warsaw Ghetto, 1943