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Object Alone
Jacob Berman's Synagogue in Ventspils
Object Detail

Building Date
1908

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates
1935

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Latvia | Kurzeme | Ventspils
| 26 (18) Platā St.

Style
Unknown|

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Stone

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Dwelling

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore

Historical significance: Person

Architectural Significance: Style

Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Urban significance
Part of shulhoyf

Significance Rating
1 (Local)

Condition of Building Fabric
C (Poor)

Bibliography
CJA documentation; Pinkas hakehilot: Latviyah ve-estoniyah (Jerusalem, 1988), p. 124; Latvia: Synagogues and Rabbis, 1918-1940 (Riga, 2004), p. 211 with ill., Yad Va-Shem Archives - archives of images

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
2009

Remarks

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