From Swimming Pool to Hotel? Undtetermined Fate of Poznan Synagogue

Desacrated during WW II by the Nazis, who turned it into a public swimming pool, the synagogue at Wroniecka St. has recently been decided to be turned into a hotel.
Jewish Community Board, the owner of the building, claims that one way to revitalize the building is to turn it to commercial facility, preferably a sort of center for inter-religious dialogue. Until recent, the site was under administration of a lessee, Aquatic company. One year ago Aquatic was granted permission to seek for business partners, and found a hotel chain willing to turn the former synagogue into a hotel.
The construction of the building was to be altered under supervision of the conservationist. Apart from the hotel, the synagogue would host a kosher restaurant, museum of Jews from the region of Wielkopolska, and a Righteous Among the Nations Room, by the name of Irena Sendlerowa, to commemorate this noble Jewish children saver. Alicja Kobus, head of Jewish Community in Poznan, claims to have been personally granted a permission by Mrs. Sendlerowa to do so, just before she passed away.
The revitalization project was prepaired by BS-Architekci architect studio, visualizations have been presented to a review board by the Head Conservationist of Wielkopolska.
Synagogue makeover evokes extreme emotions. Grażyna Banaszkiewicz, a TV journalist, said the building should be a seat for religious-historical-cultural facility, with rooms for prayer, concerts and exhibitions. By no means we are allowed to think of it in commercial categories, she said.
Seweryn Aszkenazy, a Jewish thinker and businessman sent an official protest to politicians of Wielkopolska.
Head of Aquatic claimed to have received all necessary consents of the rabbis, who accepted the commercial character of the object. "We're not destroying history" he said. The city conservationist said he would comply to the decision of the Poznan Jewish Community. Kobus herself claimed only to would have been happy when the new facility had Jewish accents.
Finally, the rebuilding of synagogue was stopped by the Union of jewish Communities in Warsaw, as the rabbis decided the investor was unreliable and cancelled the contract. - Aquatic would not fulfill all entries of the contract - said Kobus. Officially, the deadlines for project and payments were not met, but it is said the investor was only interested in building a hotel, and not so when it comes to preserving Jewish heritage.
However, ceasing cooperation with Aquatic doesn't mean there will not be a hotel in Wroniecka St. synagogue. Head Rabbi of Poland, Michael Schudrich gave an opinion, where he stated:
"The synagogue building can be sold and the income spent with benefit for Jewish community. Synagogue cannot be sold for the purpose of tannery, mikveh, laundry and bath. Synagogue does not have to remain a holy place forever. A former synagogue building loses its special character after a special ceremony."
The Jewish Community in Poznan is not unanimous. Some claim they will continue to seek for an investor, who will not only build a hotel, but also preserve Jewish traditions of Poznan, and part of it wants to restore the object to its former shape.

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