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Bidding Information
Lot #    6802
Auction End Date    3/2/2004 12:36:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Inauguration of “Oranienburger Strasse” Synagogue
Author    [Community]
City    Berlin
Publication Date    1866
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Three matted period engravings.

1. Illustration of the synagogue’s inauguration, from The Illustrated London News September 1866. 40 X 27 cm.

2. Illustration of the synagogue’s inauguration, from the Allgemeine Illustrirte Zeitung c. 1866. Similiar to the former illustration, by a different artist. 26 X 35 cm.

3. Illustration of the exterior of the synagogue building. From Das Buch fur Alle, 1878. With the artist’s signature C. Deis X.A. 25 X 37.5 cm.
          
Detailed
Description		    Three illustrations of the famous “New Synagogue” on Oranienburger Strasse in Berlin, at its inauguration in 1866. The great and beautiful synagogue was built over a period of six years. It was named the New Synagogue, and its building is very large and impressive and it remains the largest synagogue in Germany until today. The building is 50 meters high topped with an enormous golden dome, and it sat 3000 people. Because of its vicinity to residential buildings and the resourcefulness of a local policeman, the synagogue was not destroyed on Kristallnacht, 1938. However, during the allied bombing in 1943 it was severely damaged. Partial restoration of the building began in 1988 and was completed by 1995. Today the building is primarily used as a museum. Included in the lot is a book on the history of the synagogue, published upon the rededication in 1995.
          
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19th Century:    Checked
20th Century:    Checked
  
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