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[edit] Berlin New Synagogue

Original - The interior of the New Synagogue, Berlin, circa 1896. The synagogue was noted for its moorish style and resemblance to the Alhambra. During the Kristallnacht pogrom of 1938, the Synagogue was set ablaze. Today the synagogue serves as an exhibit for various aspects of the Holocaust, particularly Kristallnacht.

Reason

A particularly exquisite engraving of a noteable, and gorgeous, synagogue in its heyday. Also as the synagogue is now a museum, preserved as it was after its destruction, a color digital photograph would be nigh on near impossible to take

Articles this image appears in

New Synagogue

Creator

Wilhelm Ernst and Sohn

• Support as nominator Hadseys (talk • contribs) 20:43, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
• Question Were there never any photographs taken of the interior while it was a functioning synagogue? Durova^Charge! 22:44, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
  • I've only seen a couple and they were all pretty lame, I dunno I think this is a good sketch but that's just me --Hadseys (talk • contribs) 15:35, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
    • Well I'm a little skeptical, particularly about the date of the engraving. Those look like 1860s fashions - compare the hoop skirts to 1860s in fashion against the slimmer skirts and broader sleeves of 1890s in fashion. Would you confirm the date on this image from a second source? Durova^Charge! 23:17, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
      • WIthout wishing to sound ignorant, does it really matter, essentially the building was the same --Hadseys Chat_Contribs 18:20, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
        • I apologize if this sounds nitpicky; I have a degree in history so this kind of thing really leaps out at me. If this gets featured it'll go onto the main page. Probably hundreds of thousands of people will visit that page during its day in the sun; some of them would notice the same details I saw, and if the date is 30 years off that would be an embarrassment since our site strives for accuracy. No disrespect intended toward the quality of the engraving or your diligence in finding it. This has obvious significance because of what and where it is. Durova^Charge! 05:26, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
    • Nominate with date change: Seriously, we can date the sketch as depicting the synagogue from 1860 to 1890. Here's a photograph from Berlin, taken no later than 1870 (according to the photgrapher's collection). I assume it's Berlin, but I'm not certain. Note the very wide hoop skirts. The men have shorter hats, almost bowlers, unlike the tall hats from the sketch. But their coats are short, like the ones from the sketch. Now, here's a picture of a couple in the 1890's:[1]. In that one, apparently taken in Czech, the man's coat is longer, and the woman's skirt is narrower than in the sketch, but not dramatically so. And here, three women with skirts that flare out, but not nearly as much as the ones in the '60s. This last one is from Berlin. So perhaps the sketch was made in the 1890's, or duplicated then, but the depiction is from an earlier period. --Otheus (talk) 09:35, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support good engraving; illustrates the building well, --Brendan44 (talk) 00:50, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support when viewed full, you can really see it well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spencer (talk • contribs) 14:26, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support - really nice, clear engraving :) --Brent Ward (talk) 23:00, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Berlin Neue Synagoge Innenansicht BusB.jpg MER-C 04:41, 10 February 2008 (UTC)