Synagogues in Germany
Subtitle: a virtual reconstruction
By: edited by Darmstadt University of Technology, Department CAD in Architecture, Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations ; [catalogue texts and bibliography, Marc Grellert ... et al.].
Contributors: Grellert, Marc.; Technische Universität Darmstadt.; Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.; Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen.
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Basel; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Synagogue architecture -- Germany -- Exhibitions; Synagogues -- Germany -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Other titles: Synagogen in Deutschland :
Description: "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."
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.