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Reform Synagogue, Plauen
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This modern synagogue in Plauen (in the Saxony region) was one of the few synagogues built in Germany in the economically turbulent years of the Weimar Republic. Jews and non-Jews contributed funds…

Contributor:

Fritz Landauer

Places:

Plauen, Weimar Republic (Plauen, Germany)

Date:

1928–1930

Subjects:

Synagogue, Reform Judaism, Cities, Community, Modernism, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture
Image of rectangular building with Star of David on side.
Synagogue (Bechhofen, Germany)
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The Bechhofen Synagogue (built in 1685) is believed to have been the largest wooden synagogue in Germany. The interior of the synagogue was painted with lavish decorations in 1732 and 1733, in typical…

Contributor:

Eliezer Zusman of Brody

Places:

Bechhofen, Holy Roman Empire (Bechhofen, Germany)

Date:

1684

Subjects:

Synagogue, Painting, Artists, Aesthetics, Art, Architecture

Categories:

Painting, Architecture
Interior of building of back wall with decorative images on top, Hebrew text in the middle, and lattice below, platform with railing in left foreground, and several podiums along wall.
Wertheim Department Store (Interior)
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The façade of the massive Warenhaus Wertheim had rows of narrow pillars extending from the ground floor to the roof and was a showpiece of early twentieth-century Berlin. The interior looked more like…

Contributor:

Alfred Messel

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Art, Cities, Modernity, Economic life, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture
Photograph depicting tall statue in the center of large atrium with interior staircases.
Private Synagogue (Unterlimpurg, Germany)
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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…

Contributor:

Eliezer Zusman of Brody

Places:

Unterlimpurg, Habsburg Empire (Unterlimpurg, Germany)

Date:

1738/9

Subjects:

Synagogue, Community, Animals, Art, Aesthetics, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture, Decorative arts
Photograph of room with wood walls painted with Hebrew text, animals, and floral designs.
Berlin Jewish Museum, Berlin, Germany
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Liebeskind’s design for a new extension to the Berlin Jewish Museum was the winner of a 1989 competition and was the first of his designs to be built. Its zigzagging shape was intended to evoke the…

Contributor:

Daniel Libeskind

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

2001

Subjects:

Art, Postmodernism, Cities, Memory, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture
Aerial photograph of angular buildings with trees and grass surrounding.