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Auxiliary Synagogue (Holocaust memorial) in Plzeň
Object Detail

Building Date
1875

Synagogue active dates
Until 1892

Reconstruction Dates
From 2002 is used as a memorial to the Holocaust victims

Architect/ Maker

Community

Location
Czech Republic | Bohemia | Plzeň
| Courtyard of the house №80/5, Smetanovy sady St.

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Stone

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Memorial

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
E (No return)

Bibliography

Fiedler, Jiří. Jewish Sights of Bohemia and Moravia (Prague:Sefer, 1991)

Gruber, Samuel D. “Plzen's Holocaust Memorial Combines Best Jewish Memorial Traditions,” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments, July 26, 2018., https://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2018/07/plzens-holocaust-memorial-combines-best.html (accessed December 22, 2021)

"On the road in CZ: a closer look at the Plzeň Holocaust memorial," Jewish Heritage Europe, July 26, 2018., https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/07/26/on-the-road-in-cz-a-closer-look-at-the-plzen-holocaust-memorial/ (accessed December 28, 2021)

"Plzň," 10 Stars: Revitalisation of Jewish Historic Buildings in Czech Republic, https://www.10hvezd.cz/en/object/plzen/ (accessed December 28, 2021)

Rozkošná, Blanka and Pavel Jakubec. Židovské památky Čech – Jewish Monuments in Bohemia (Brno, 2004)

“Pebbles Fashioned into Monument to Czech Jews Who Died in Shoah,” Jewish Telegraphic Agency, April 25, 2002, https://www.jta.org/archive/pebbles-fashioned-into-monument-to-czech-jews-who-died-in-shoah (accessed December 28, 2021)

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
2018

Remarks

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