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Polish Government Agrees to Provide Funds for Reconstruction of Warsaw Synagogue

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The Ministry of Reconstruction has agreed to advance 20,000,000 zlotys toward the cost of rebuilding of the two-century-old synagogue in the Praga suburb of Warsaw, which was destroyed by the Nazis.

The cost of the reconstruction has been estimated at 30,000,000 zlotys. Ten million zlotys will be raised by the Jewish Religions Congregation of Poland and the Central Jewish Committee. It is planned to build a museum for Jewish religious relics in the synagogue.

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