Mainzer Hauptsynagoge collection

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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 7 months 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 7 months 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.