Project “Restoration of the Great Synagogue of Ludza and Revival of Jewish Spiritual Heritage”

The Great synagogue of Ludza is a culture (architecture) monument of state importance and it is the oldest synagogue in Latvia and Baltic States. It is located in the area of another monument – the Historical Centre of Ludza Town. The Synagogue is considered to be a unique cultural monument of Jewish in the north-eastern Europe, which mostly have been lost elsewhere in Europe during the 20^th century. In order to keep the culture and historical heritage and to ensure qualitative access to culture services for the society, the synagogue building will be restored and expositions will be created.

Title of the Project	Restoration of the Great Synagogue of Ludza and Revival of Jewish Spiritual Heritage
Project number	ERZLV04/GSKMS/2013/09
Programme	Programme LV04 “CONSERVATION AND REVITALIZATION OF CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE” of the European Economic Area and Norway Financial Instrument 2009-2014; small grant scheme “Conservation of Cultural Heritage”
Location of activities	Ludza Town, Latvia
Implementation period	10.09.2014. – 31.10.2016.
Aim	Restore the building of Ludza Great Synagogue, creating Ludza ghetto exposition, photographer Wolf Frank’s and documentary film director Herz Frank’s works multi-media exposition, the Audio-visual exposition of the Jewish people history in Ludza and, the Exposition on the Jewish people’s life and faith to ensure preservation of culture heritage and public accessibility to qualitative culture services.
Main activities	Project administration. Restoration of the Great synagogue of Ludza. Exchange of experience with project partners in Norway, incl. Norwegian experts’ visits and organization of workshops. Creation of exhibition. Publicity
Result indicators	Ludza Great Synagogue’s building restored 4 expositions created 6 Ludza craftsmen-restorers trained
Total eligible costs	250 000.00 EUR
Total grant, including	237 500.00 EUR
EEA grant	201 875.00 EUR
National co-financing	35 625.00 EUR
Ludza Municipality’s co-financing	12 500.00 EUR
Project partners	Museum Centre in Hordaland, Norway Homepage: www.muho.no Contact person: Solveig Jordal Contact information: [email protected]
Project manager	Ilona Rimša
Contact information	Phone. +371 65707411; e-mail: [email protected]
Publications	Restaurēs Ludzas Lielo sinagogu 13.10.2014. Ludza Grand Synagogue will be restored Uzsākti Ludzas Lielās sinagogas restaurācijas darbi 23.03.2015. Restoration works at Ludza Synagogue have commenced Ludzas Lielās sinagogas restaurācijas darbi turpinās Restoration of Ludza Great Synagogue is going on Craftsmen from Ludza, Latvia, get new experience in Norway Ludzas amatnieki gūst pieredzi Norvēģijā Restoration works at the oldest synagogue in Latvia completed Pabeigti Latvijas vecākās sinagogas restaurācijas darbi Project “Restoration of Ludza Great Synagogue and Revival of Jews Spiritual Heritage” has completed Noslēdzies projekts „Ludzas Lielās sinagogas restaurācija un ebreju garīgā mantojuma atdzimšana”
Video broadcasts	Video “In Ludza restoration of the oldest synagogue in the Baltics has started” (Latgale Regional Television) – in Latvian Video “Ludza Synagogue restored (in Latvian)