Lost synagogues of Europe: paintings and histories

Abstract

"Lost Synagogues of Europe recreates in vivid color paintings and chronicles the life stories of seventy-seven majestic- and destroyed-synagogues built from the early 1600s to 1930 and spanning sixteen countries, helping to revive a thriving European Jewish culture and heritage"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Foreword: From a sacred place to a sacred book / Ismar Schorsch -- Introduction: Where Jews once gathered -- 1. 1600s -- Livorno -- Vilnius -- Zab∤udów -- Liuboml -- 2. 1700s -- Gąbin -- Berlin -- Voŭpa -- Przedbórz -- Niasviž -- Varniai -- 3. 1800s -- Seesen -- Homieĺ -- Bad Buchau -- Kassel -- Dresden -- Belz -- Hamburg -- Lviv -- Varniai -- Vienna -- Kretinga -- Gliwice -- Telšiai -- Aachen -- Bochum -- Épinal -- Jelgava -- Bytom -- Hannover -- Riga -- Wrocław -- Vienna -- Nuremberg -- Heilbronn -- Karlovy Vary -- Warsaw -- Bruchsal -- Teplice -- Tübingen -- Bydgoszcz -- Landau in der Pfalz -- Mariánské Lázně -- Kłodzko -- Gdańsk -- Łódź -- České Budějovice -- Rawicz -- Horokhiv -- Graz -- Pforzheim -- Vienna -- Vukovar -- Bratislava -- Luxembourg -- Kaliningrad -- Slavonski Brod -- Olomouc -- Strasbourg -- Baden Baden -- Chemnitz -- Kežmarok -- 4. 1900s -- Dortmund -- Katowice -- Bad Kissingen -- Vienna Tartu -- Bielefeld -- Jasło -- Darmstadt -- Frankfurt -- Tarnów -- Mainz -- Białystok -- Essen -- Amsterdam -- Vienna -- Plauen.