New (Neolog) Synagogue: exterior view
by BEHRENS, Peter, Photo
During the 1920s, an international competition was launched for a modern synagogue for the Reform Judaism congregation; the competition was won by Peter Behrens, and the synagogue was constructed between 1928 and 1931.
The synagogue housed the Neolog (Reform Judaism) congregation of Zilina. Completed eight years before World War II, which almost obliterated the Jewish population of Slovakia, it has been called “the last Slovak synagogue”. Used for other purposes after the war, it was restored in 2011-17 and became a centre of arts.
The photo shows the eastern fa�ade of the synagogue after the restoration in 2017.