Synagogue Renovation 2021

Švėkšna, Lithuania

Sveksna Synagogue Renovation 2021

Compiled by Esther (Herschman) Rechtschafner

A few years ago the renovation of the Svenska Synagogue began. This is the dream of the Sveksna museum curator Monika Žasytiene.
Here are a few photographs and movies, which show what is being done.

Final Plan:

Short video about the Sveksna Synagogue (1 minute, Lithuanian dialog with English subtitles):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO4UPIA4AKU

Video: Monika Žąsytienė explaining renovation of the Sveksna Synagogue (20 minutes, Lithuanian dialog with no English subtitles):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7fXtuO5n6w

Video: Jewish Community of Sveksna History and Heritage 2020 (20 minutes, Lithuanian dialog with English subtitles and some English dialog):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb7EWcU5EFw&t=150s

Construction in November 2021: Monika Žasytiene made these photos and videos and gave permission to publish them here.

Here are two short movies showing the work that is being done: Video (5.22 MB, 16 seconds) Video (9.24 MB, 29 seconds)

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