Overview
- Brief Narrative
- 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.
- 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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Rosettes (motifs) (aat)
- Physical Description
- Gray, cast concrete square block with a relief rosette motif. The center disc is smooth and raised above the surface. It is bordered by a raised circle with short, vertical lines, then a circle with concentric lines, that is surrounded by an alternating pattern of arch-shaped leaves and vines. Thetriangular corners are recessed.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 32.000 inches (81.28 cm) | Width: 32.375 inches (82.233 cm) | Depth: 7.625 inches (19.368 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 rosette was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by the City of Mainz, Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-09-15 09:26:21
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn12698
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The collection consists of artifacts from the Main Synagogue of Mainz, Germany, which was desecrated during Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938.
Date: 1912
Frieze from a colonnade of the Hauptsynagoge of Mainz destroyed in Kristallnacht
Object
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.
