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
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
Photograph Copyright
Samuel D. Gruber
Photographer
Photograph Date
2018
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 49.744270, 13.374229