Spandau synagogue

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Spandau synagogue around 1900

The Spandau synagogue was located in the Berlin district of Spandau on the corner of Lindenufer and Kammerstrasse. It was inaugurated in 1895 and destroyed by the National Socialists in 1938 .

Construction of the synagogue

The Jewish community in Spandau belonged to the communities in Nauen and Kremmen until the end of the 19th century . The Spandau residents did not have their own house of worship, but held their services in rented rooms. In 1894, the Spandau Jews strived for independence and also initiated the construction of a synagogue .

A building plot was acquired at 12 Lindenufer at the corner of Kammerstrasse. The synagogue was built from 1894 to 1895 based on designs by Cremer & Wolffenstein . Since the property was built in from two sides, only an east and a south facade could be developed. The two-storey church was built on an area of ​​just 300 square meters and offered space for almost 300 members. An octagonal tower crowned the building on the street corner. Stylistically, the building was to be assigned to historicism with Romanesque elements. On September 15, 1895, the synagogue was inaugurated in the presence of the mayor of Spandau, Friedrich Koeltze, and other notables from Spandau.

destruction

During the November pogroms from November 9th to 10th 1938, the Spandau synagogue was also destroyed by arson. The last Spandau rabbi from 1916 to 1938 was Arthur Löwenstamm . The ruin was probably removed in 1942.

memorial

Lindenufer Memorial
Memorial plaque in Kammerstrasse

In 1988 the Spandau District Office held a competition to design a memorial to commemorate the suffering of Spandau citizens of Jewish faith during the Nazi reign of terror. The planned location was the green corridor on the Lindenufer level with the location of the former synagogue. The competition was won by Ruth Golan and Kay Zareh, based on whose design the memorial was then realized.

The memorial symbolizes the synagogue in the form of the structure and tower, which were torn down by the force of the violence and are now one behind the other. Inside the split tower, an eternal light shines as a symbol of remembrance of the dead.

literature

  • Harold Hammer-Schenk : Synagogues , in Berlin and its buildings, Part VI, sacred buildings . Verlag Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-433-01016-1 .
  • Berlinische Galerie , Senator for Building and Housing (Ed.): Commemorations and memorials / designs to commemorate the deportation and extermination of Berlin's Jewish population . Catalog for the exhibition of the same name (November 4, 1988 - January 8, 1989) in the Berlinische Galerie.

See also

Web links

Commons : Synagoge Spandau  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ Hammer-Schenk 1997, pp. 287-288
  2. ^ A b Edition Luisenstadt: Memorial "Wall of Flames" - Synagogues of Berlin
  3. ↑ Berlinische Galerie 1988, p. 83
  4. ↑ Berlinische Galerie 1988, p. 28

Coordinates: 52 ° 32 ′ 13 ″  N , 13 ° 12 ′ 28 ″  E