Read more about the history of the synagogue and the Jews of Sopron.
In the meantime, the people in the city began to scramble for Jewish property that had been "abandoned”. Around 3,000 applications were submitted for the 157 Jewish shops. They started an inventory and looting of the property and belongings left behind. The synagogue was again in use for a while after 1945 by the members returning from deportation. It was renovated in 1947, so that the remaining Jews could use it. The last rabbi survived the Holocaust, but emigrated to America. The former rabbi of Hajdúböszörmény was invited by the congregation in 1946, and he held this position until 1950. His son-in-law Arnold Krausz became the rabbi of the Sopron orthodox community from 1950. He was the last rabbi in Sopron. The Jewish population began to increase again in the 1950s, but after the 1956 revolution the Jews too emigrated in great numbers, including Péter Winkler and Ilona Scheiber. According to documents, the building was owned by the Sopron Jewish Community until 1955.
A memorial plaque on its wall commemorates the deportees. The synagogue ceased to function in 1969, and its condition has deteriorated steadily over the decades. The repeated changes in ownership played a significant role in that too. The front entrance and windows were walled up. The building was declared a monument in 2004 and purchased by the Sopron municipality in 2005. In the early 2020s the building was renovated by the Jewish community. Today, there are about 50 Jews living in the town. In comparison, this number was about 2000 before the war.