| Translated title | Synagogue Architecture in Germany. Documentation to the Exhibition “… And I Became for Them a Little Sanctuary …” Synagogues in Germany |
| Editors & Curators |
Aliza Cohen-Mushlin, Harmen H. Thies. |
| Imprint |
Petersberg, Germany, 2008. 272 pp., illustrations: 247 b&w, 26.5 × 21.5 cm. German. |
| ISBN |
9783865683441 |
| Location |
Alte Synagoge Wuppertal (19 October–30 November 2008) |
| Description |
Meticulous reconstructions of German synagogues (in wooden models and three-dimensional computer reconstructions), prepared by students of the Fachgebiet Baugeschichte der Technischen Universität Braunschweig and the Center for Jewish Art in Jerusalem. Expanded and revised 3rd-edition catalog with introduction by Harmen H. Thies. 9 essays related to synagogue architecture in Germany from the Middle Ages through the post-Holocaust period, including: “Idee und Bild der Synagoge” [Concept and Image of the Synagogue], “Die Barocksynagogen des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts” [Baroque Synagogues of the 17th and 18th Centuries], “Sephardischer Synagogenbau—Amsterdam und London” [Sephardic Synagogue Construction—Amsterdam and London]. Models presented chronologically, with detailed descriptions, architectural plans and photographs. Circa 40 synagogues. |
| main keywords |
AMSTERDAM |
| minor keywords |
Netherlands |
| Related ephemera |
Exhibition leaflet, 6 pp., 4 b&w illus., 21 × 10 cm. |
| Other venues |
Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, Hanover, Germany (2000); Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany (2000); Numerous other cities in Germany (2000–2008), including Görlitz, Dresden, Seesen, Halberstadt, Wolfenbüttel. |
| Catalog from other venue |
#1599 (Braunschweig) |
