Mainzer Hauptsynagoge collection

Identifier: irn46053
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by the City of Mainz, Germany.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts from the Main Synagogue of Mainz, Germany, which was desecrated during Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938.

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Frieze from a colonnade of the Hauptsynagoge of Mainz destroyed in Kristallnacht
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn12697
- English
- 1912-1938
- overall: Height: 32.250 inches (81.915 cm) | Width: 33.750 inches (85.725 cm) | Depth: 11.750 inches (29.845 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
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.
Ornamental stone rosette from the Hauptsynagoge of Mainz destroyed in Kristallnacht
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn12698
- English
- 1912-1938
- overall: Height: 32.000 inches (81.28 cm) | Width: 32.375 inches (82.233 cm) | Depth: 7.625 inches (19.368 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
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.

Mainzer Hauptsynagoge collection

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Frieze from a colonnade of the Hauptsynagoge of Mainz destroyed in Kristallnacht

Ornamental stone rosette from the Hauptsynagoge of Mainz destroyed in Kristallnacht