Our Gallery of Memories

Hungarian Parliament on the Danube

 IN THE REAR courtyard of the Dohany Street Synagogue is a memorial that is known by many names including The Tree of Life, The Holocaust Memorial Tree, The Emanuel Tree, and The Memorial of the Hungarian Jewish Martyrs. The sculpture was created by Imre Varga in 1991. The sculpture commemorates the at least 400,000 Hungarian Jews murdered by the Nazis and their Hungarian collaborators.

The Memorial of Rebirth celebrates 

Romania's liberation from Communism. The Black object on the spire represents the years that the Communist Party was in power. Locally the monument is known as "The Potato On A Skewer".

The construction of the Choral Temple In Bucharest started in 1864 in a complicated political context. It was inspired by the model of major European cities where Jewish communities were actively promoting their cultural identity through imposing synagogues. The Choral Temple was also destined to become the highlight of all Judaic monuments in Romania.

Finalized in just two years, the monument was set on fire by an extremist protesting against the revision of the Constitution that would have granted Romanian citizenship to the Jews. While this key political issue was postponed, the authorities of the time repaired the temple. Prince Carol himself contributed financially to the restoration of this splendid Moorish-style synagogue.

Peoples Salvation Cathedral Bucharest

Kretzulescu Church Bucharest

KIng Carol I of Romania