Lindenstrasse Synagogue

In 1888, members of Berlin’s Jewish community acquired a plot of land on Lindenstrasse. Berlin’s first courtyard synagogue, the building they constructed served as a model for local synagogues built during the following years. The house of worship could be spotted from the street only by looking through the door of the house in front of the building; the synagogue building contained a school for religious studies and living quarters for the rabbi. With Gothic and Romantic architecture, the synagogue’s design included a choir loft and space for an organ. Gender separation was not enforced. The Lindenstrasse synagogue’s interior was destroyed on Pogrom Night, November 1938. The exterior survived the onslaught and became, in 1939, a granary. Destroyed in February 1945, the building was finally torn down in 1951.

Fred Gottlieb

Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany/ Germansynagogues.com

Notes

Sources: Führer durch die Jüdische Gemeindeverwaltung und Wohlfahrtspflege in Deutschland 1923-1933, Andreas Nachama, Simon Hermann [Eds.], [publisher] Edition Hentrich, 1995., Synagogen in Berlin: Zur Geschichte einer zerstörten Architektur, Rolf Bothe [Ed.], [publisher] Willmürth Arenhövel, 1983.

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Date Added	Jan 22, 2020
Category	Synagogue
Country	DE
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Exhibits	Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany

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Lindenstrasse Synagogue

Fred Gottlieb

Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany/ Germansynagogues.com

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