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Óbuda Synagogue
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The Óbuda Synagogue in Budapest is the oldest functioning synagogue in Hungary. The building was inaugurated in 1821. Its restrained, neoclassical aesthetic was consistent with popular architectural…

Contributor:

Andreas Landesherr

Places:

Pest-Buda, Austrian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1820–1821

Subjects:

Ashkenazi, Art, Synagogue, Cities, Community

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Architecture
Photograph of building exterior with five columns.
The History of Borsszem Janko (Johnny Peppercorn)
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Cartoon in the satirical weekly Borsszem Jankó, depicting the first generation of Borsszem Janko’s writers and illustrators at Kávéforrás (the Coffee Fountain) on Fürdő Street in Budapest, Hungary.

Date:

1887

Subjects:

Humor, Writing, Cities, Class, Artists

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Journalism
Print of men sitting around a table in room with central column.
About Jews
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Dark-faced foreigners have flooded the city. They go about rushing through the boulevards, but in the suburbs they already stop to congregate, talk in a strong and loud voice, heavily gesticulating. I…

Contributor:

Sándor Bródy

Places:

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1915

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Cities, Nationalism, Christian-Jewish relations, Death

Categories:

Political Culture, Religion & Theology, Firsthand Accounts