Synagogues in Germany
a virtual reconstruction
by Marc Grellert
"Througth a student initiative, three Frankfurt synagogues destroyed in the 1938 Reichspogromnacht (known as Reichs-kristallnacht of the 'Night of Broken Glass') were computerreconstructed in the spring of 1995 by students of the Department Computer Aided Design (CAD) in Architecture at the Darmstadt University of Technology. The reconstruction of these buildings, resulting from studies of the Nazi period, was to serve as an admonishment as well as a memorial. At the same time, the historical architectural importance of the buildings was to be called to mind. Encouraged by the very positive response to the initial project, the decision was made to expand it to include the computer reconstruction of 15 other well-known German synagogues. The goal, beyond the political aspect, was to create a representative overview and inter impression of the diverse synogagal architecture that, prior to its destruction, existed in Germanu."
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Synagogue architecture, Exhibitions, Synagogues, History, Lost architecturePlaces
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Synagogues in Germany: a virtual reconstruction
2004, Birkhäuser
in English
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Synagogues in Germany: A Virtual Reconstruction
February 27, 2004, Birkhäuser Basel
Hardcover
in English
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Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-156).
Originally issued in German under title Synagogen in Deutschland, to accompany an exhibition held in the Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland; the expanded English version was issued to accompany the foreign traveling exhibition.
Accompanying DVD contains photographs of 15 synagogues and their corresponding panned exterior/interior computer reconstructions. Soundtrack has choir and chanting with organ.
System requirements for accompanying DVD: DVD player or DVD-ROM drive.
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