FORMER ASHKENAZI SYNAGOGUE, RUSE

Ruse's former Ashkenazi synagogue was built in 1927. During the years of Communism it was used as a sports hall for wrestling and then as an office for the state lotto, called "Toto" in Bulgaria. It was renovated and is now a Jewish community centre with a small room for prayers.

The most spectacular possession of the former Ashkenazi synagogue are two huge plaques of black marble with golden letters listing the names of local Jews who fell in the 1912-1918 wars. 

The two plaques had originally been placed in Ruse's larger and older Sephardi synagogue.