Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Cast concrete ornamental section of the frieze from the portico colonnade of the 1912 Hauptsynagoge [Main Synagogue] of Mainz, Germany. The synagogue was desecrated and burned during the Kristallnacht pogrom on November 9-10, 1938. The remains of the synagogue were demolished with explosives a few days later. A customs office was built on the site. In 1988, during renovation of the government building, remnants of the synagogue portico were discovered.
- Date
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creation:
1912
use: 1912-1938
recovered: 1988
- Geography
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use:
Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Stadt Mainz
Physical Details
- Classification
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Architectural Elements
- Category
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Architectural decorations
- Object Type
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Friezes (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Gray, roughly textured, cast concrete square form with rounded front top edges. The front has a thrice-repeated relief design of a shaft rising vertically from scalloped ground, set within a curved arch. At the top of each shaft is a circular shape, with a six-pointed star in the middle; the overall design resembles a tree. The right shaft is damaged and the right star is almost obliterated. The arched borders of the 3 reliefs connect to a pedestal-like design of 3 horizontal lines at the base. The surface of the stone above the reliefs and over the curved top has a vertically fluted design. The upper right corner is broken.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 32.250 inches (81.915 cm) | Width: 33.750 inches (85.725 cm) | Depth: 11.750 inches (29.845 cm)
- Materials
- overall : concrete
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--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) Jews--Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)--History. Kristallnacht, 1938--Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) Synagogue architecture--Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) Synagogues--Destruction and pillage--Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The frieze was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by the City of Mainz, Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-10 13:44:39
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Object
Cast concrete rosette from the portico ceiling of the 1912 Hauptsynagoge [Main Synagogue] of Mainz, Germany. The synagogue was desecrated and burned during the Kristallnacht pogrom on November 9-10, 1938. The remains of the synagogue were demolished with explosives a few days later. A customs office was built on the site. In 1988, during renovation of the government building, remnants of the synagogue portico were discovered.
