The festive opening of the Lostice synagogue will take part on Sunday,
August 28, 2011 at 2 p.m. It will mark the completion of the important stage
in the restoration and reconstruction of the building.

At these days the repaired synagogue is becoming a home to a museum display with interactive programs and Otto Wolf Library containing a thousand volumes devoted to Jewish history, culture and traditions.

The festive opening will be attended by descendants of the last Lostice rabbi
Dr. Israel Günzig (1868-1931) from USA, Belgium and Israel, and also by friends and supporters of the Lostice synagogue from the Czech Republic and abroad. The opening will include a music performance by the Bohemian Strings from Ireland and the choir Vertnik.

The synagogue is owned by the Town of Lostice. The museum and library is run by Respect and Tolerance Foundation. During school year and summer holidays the foundation prepares there concerts, exhibitions and educational programs for schools and adults.

During this restoration stage the work was directed mainly at the repair of the roof, ceiling, walls, floors, moisture insulation and installation of a central heating, plumbing, electricity, electronic security system and sanitary facilities.

In the period 2006-2011 the synagogue reconstruction project received assistance from ‘MAS - Mohelnice Region‘ supported by the State Agriculture Intervention Fund (EU), Town of Lostice, Foundation for Holocaust Victims, Czech-German Fund for the Future, Foundation of Jewish Community in Prague, Olomouc Region, Congregation Hakafa, Dr. Stanton Canter Family Trust, descendants of the rabbi Dr. Asriel Günzig and many others.

The first wooden synagogue was built in Lostice around 1560. The present synagogue was built in the newly established Jewish quarter in 1726 and rebuild in Classicist style during the period 1805-1806. The synagogue was used for religious and educational purposes until 1939. Shortly after the German occupation the synagogue was closed. In the summer 1942 all 59 Jewish people were deported to concentration camps. Only three survived and returned back to Lostice. After WWII the Jewish congregation was not renewed. The synagogue became a property of the town. In 2005 three old wooden benches were installed in the interior. These benches were originally used in the Olomouc synagogue, which was burnt down by the Nazis in March 1939. The benches are now the central piece of the museum display and are used as a symbolic monument to victims of the Holocaust.

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