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Hanukkah Lamp
Barukh Shlomo Griegst
1924
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The silversmith Barukh Shlomo Griegst was born in Lithuania and settled in Copenhagen in 1902. He worked mainly in the style of Central European art nouveau (Jugendstil).
The turning wheel runs round and round.
It opens and closes the exit of my gate.
Noisily it turns for ruin and destruction.
My head is split, my entrails spilled.
It chases and it catches…
This synagogue structure contains stunning samples of wood painting and folk motifs (including verses, images of Jerusalem, animals, and flowers). The panels were decorated by Eliezer Zusman, an…