Name of synagogue SINAGOGA

Street address: 3 ZORILOR ST.

City and postcode RÂMNICU SĂRAT

Website of Jewish community or synagogue (if they have one) -

Website of Federation of Jewish Communities from Romania www.jewishfed.ro

Contact person for synagogue with telephone and email: Anca Vorodin (responsible)

Contact at Jewish community: MIRCEA ROND (Focșani)

Street address of Jewish community: 4 OITUZ ST., Focsani

Telephone number: 0237.623.959 and email: ce_focsani@yahoo.com

Street address of Jewish cemeteries in Râmnicu Sărat

(1) 26 Jitia St.

Condition of the cemetery? – Bad.

(2) 10 Cazărmii St.

Synagogue facts—you will not find all the answers, but it’s important to ask

When was it built? 1855.

Year(s) when it was remodeled or expanded – N/A

Name of architect(s) – N/A

Other synagogues that this architect built – N/A

Is it known who designed the brass candelabras etc? – N/A

Is it known who was the artist who painted on the walls? – N/A

How would you describe the condition? Bad.

Jewish statistics

How many Jews lived in this city before the Holocaust? In 1930, there were 1040 Jews from a total population of15,007.

What was its peak year of Jewish population? -

How many synagogues were in the city then? -

How many now? 1

Are the others used as synagogues? – N/A

If not, what are they used for? – N/A

If possible, give their addresses. – N/A

Holocaust related

What was the fate of the Jews of this city during the Holocaust? Jewish men did forced labor

How many were murdered? -

How many were living in the city from 1945 – 1948 – uknown to us

How many emigrated? The vast majority

How many live there today? -

What are the social services for Jews in the city, if any? – N/A

Sources:

Congresul Mondial Evreesc. Secțiunea din România, Populația Evreească in cifre. Memento statistic (Bucharest, 1945): 47

FCER, Memoria cimitirelor evreiești (Bucharest, 2007): 42

Arh. Aristide Streja, Arh. Lucian Schwartz, Sinagogi din România (Bucharest, 1996): 72 - 73.

http://lacasedecult.cimec.ro/RO/Documente/asp/detaliu.asp?k=32789-1

http://www.jewish-romania.ro/monumente.php

www.jewishfed.ro

The Romanian Synagogue Documentation Project

Underwritten by the David Berg Foundation

Grant recipient: Centropa, Vienna, Edward Serotta, Director,

Organizing Partner: The Center for Hebrew Studies and the Goldstein Goren

Center for Israel Studies, University of Bucharest, Felicia Waldman, Coordinator

Researcher: Anca Tudorancea, Center for the Study of the History of Romanian Jews

Photography: Daniel Gruenfeld, Oliver Beck Assistant

Web coordinator: Dragos Parasca