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Former Synagogue
at Communist Street 106
This abandoned building standing at Communist Street 106 was
formerly one of Shklov's Synagogues. Built towards the end
of the 19th century, and used as a synagogue until World War II,
in the period after the war in the 1950's-60's this building was
used as a veterinary laboratory. According to a local
historian, during that period Jews used to gather for secret
worship in this building, as the Chief Veterinary Doctor at that
time was Jewish, and used to permit the Jewish Community to use
the synagogue secretly. Now it stands abandoned, a tragic
testimony to a population that once was, and now is gone.
Caption: The former synagogue building at Communist Street 106
Caption: Peering inside the window
