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Great Synagogue in Offenbach (The Capitol)
Object Detail

Building Date
1916

Synagogue active dates
1938

Reconstruction Dates

Community

Location
Germany | Hessen | Offenbach
| Kaiserstraße 106

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Stone

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Theater

Present Usage Details
concert hall

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
http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/offenbach_synagoge.htm#Zur Geschichte der Synagoge
Altaras, Thea. Synagogen und jüdische Rituelle Tauchbäder in Hessen – Was geschah seit 1945? (Königstein im Taunus, 2007)

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
2007

Remarks

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