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Object Alone
Synagogue in Forbach
Object Detail

Building Date
1836

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates
1862-63, 1909, 1929, 1950s

Architect/ Maker

Community

Location
France | Grand Est région | Moselle | Forbach
| 98, avenue Saint-Rémy

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Stone

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance
The Jewish artifacts were transferred to the Metz Jewish Community.

Condition

Present Usage
Cultural center

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore

Historical significance: Person

Architectural Significance: Style

Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Urban significance

Significance Rating
2 (Regional)

Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)

Bibliography
Dominique Jarrassé, Une histoire des Synagogues françaises: entre Occident et Orient (Arles, 1997), p. 408; Consistoire Central de France: Annuaire 99 (Paris, 1999), p. 327; Dominique Jarrassé, "Synagogues françaises du Moyen Âge à 1939," Monuments historiques, no. 191 (février 1994): La patrimoine juif français, pp. 45-52, p. 49; Dominique Jarrassé, L'age d'or des synagogues (Paris, 1991), p. 166 http://judaisme.sdv.fr/synagog/moselle/forbach.htm https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagoge_(Forbach)

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Unknown
Photograph Date
2014

Remarks

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