16, 3 Maja Street in Augustów, Cultural heritage building in Augustów, Poland.
Dom Turka is a historic tenement house at 16 3 Maja Street in Augustów, built in 1900 in the imperial-Russian style on what was then Długa Street. The district architect Włodzimierz Ślósarski may have designed it. The building is entered in the Polish cultural heritage register under number A-340.
The tenement was built in 1900 on what was then Długa Street, possibly to a design by district architect Włodzimierz Ślósarski. Before World War II it belonged to the Rechtman family. From early 1940 to June 1941 the NKVD and NKGB had their headquarters here, with a prison in the basement and offices above; the NKVD returned in autumn 1944, and from 1945 to 1956 the UB used the building. In 2011 it was entered in the heritage register as A-340, and in 2021 the Pilecki Institute bought it for a branch and the Museum of the Augustów Roundup.
The building's popular name comes from Kiamil Takosz, a Bosniak confectioner nicknamed "Turk" who ran a cake shop here from 1928 to 1936. Before that, from 1922, Judel Rotszejn had a photographic studio in the house. The name Dom Turka has stuck ever since.
The building is easily visible from the street and has been registered in the Polish cultural heritage registry. Access is possible from outside, but visitors should note that this is a protected historical site.
The name Dom Turka comes from Kiamil Takosz, a Bosniak called "Turk" who ran a confectionery here from 1928 to 1936. In 2021 the building was bought by the Instytut Pileckiego, which plans a branch and the Museum of the Augustów Roundup there.
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