Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Cast of a decorative block from the southern facade of the 1866 Neue Synagoge [New Synagogue] in Berlin. It was made in the Grossraeschen (Sachsen) brick factory during a rebuilding of the facade in 1988, when approximately 5000 similar handformed ceramic construction pieces were created. Originally named the Oranienburger Strasse Synagogue, it had seating for 3,000 and was the largest in Germany. It was damaged by rioters during the Kristallnacht pogrom on November 9-10, 1938, but was still used by the dwindling Jewish community of Berlin under Nazi rule. In 1940, the German Army seized the building to use as a warehouse for uniforms. It was heavily damaged by Allied bombings in 1943. It was later further dismantled under the East German regime after the war. The synagogue has been partially restored and now serves as a monument and museum.
- Date
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creation:
1988
commemoration: 1990 December 06
- Geography
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manufacture:
Saxony (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin - Centrum Judaicum
Physical Details
- Classification
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Architectural Elements
- Category
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Architectural decorations
- Object Type
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Block cornices (aat)
- Genre/Form
- Building models
- Physical Description
- Rectangular, hollow, yellow-tan, cast plaster block. The front has an inset relief design of 2 intertwined leaves surrounded by a circle with vertical lines, within a square border, with triangular corner insets. There are arch-shaped openings on both sides. Numbers and illegible symbols are etched on top. The cornice is attached to a wooden presentation plank which also holds a block from the original structure.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm) | Width: 8.125 inches (20.638 cm) | Depth: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm)
- Materials
- overall : plaster
- Inscription
- top, etched : [--?] 77a
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Berlin. Jews--Germany--Berlin--History. Kristallnacht, 1938--Germany--Berlin. Synagogue architecture--Gemany--Berlin. Synagogues--Conservation and restoration--Germany--Berlin. Synagogues--Destruction and pillage--Germany--Berlin. Synagogues--Germany--Berlin.
- Geographic Name
- Oranienburger Strasse (Berlin, Germany)--Synagogues.
- Corporate Name
- Neue Synagoge (Berlin, Germany)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The block cornice was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by the Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin-Centrum Judaicum.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-06 11:51:29
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn2667
Also in Neue Synagoge Berlin-Centrum Judaicum collection
The collection consists of artifacts relating to the 1866 Neue Synagoge [New Synagogue] in Berlin before, during, and after the Holocaust.
Date: 1866-1990
Decorative block from the Neue Synagoge in Berlin, mounted on a commemorative plank with a cast facsimile
Object
Decorative block from the southern facade of the 1866 Neue Synagoge [New Synagogue] in Berlin. It was used as a model to cast additional handformed ceramic construction pieces in the Grossraeschen (Sachsen) brick factory during a rebuilding of the facade in 1988. Originally named the Oranienburger Strasse Synagogue, it had seating for 3000 and was the largest in Germany. It was damaged by rioters during the Kristallnacht pogrom on November 9-10, 1938, but was still used by the dwindling Jewish community of Berlin under Nazi rule. In 1940, the German Army seized the building to use as a warehouse for uniforms. It was heavily damaged by Allied bombings in 1943. It was later further dismantled under the East German regime after the war. The synagogue has been partially restored and now serves as a monument and museum.
