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Synagogue in Brezno
Object Detail

Building Date
1902

Synagogue active dates
Until 1942

Reconstruction Dates
1930; 1996; 2016

Architect/ Maker

Community

Location
Slovakia | Brezno
| Štúrova 11

Style

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

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
3 (National)

Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)

Bibliography
https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagóga_v_Brezne http://www.slovak-jewish-heritage.org/database/database.php?MonumentID=60&LangID=1&CategoryID=0
Borský, Maroš, Synagogue Architecture in Slovakia: A Memorial Landscape of a Lost Community (Bratislava: Jewish Heritage Foundation - Menorah, 2007)

Bárkány, Eugen, L'udovít Dojč. Židovské náboženské obce na Slovensku (Bratislava: Vesna, 1991)

Dorfman, Rivka and Ben-Zion. Synagogues without Jews and the Communities that Built and Used Them (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 2000)

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
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Biography

Photographer
Unknown
Photograph Date

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