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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
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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
Sandor Schmidl Mausoleum (Jewish Cemetery, Budapest)
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The elaborate art-nouveau tomb of the wealthy Schmidl family in the Rákoskeresztúr Jewish cemetery in Budapest is made of ceramic tile made by the Zsolnay factory, famous for its art-nouveau ceramics…

Contributor:

Béla Latja, Ödön Lechner

Places:

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Gravestones, Cities, Jewish identity, Modernity, Class

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Photograph of gated door outside, surrounded by large archway and decorative floral motifs.