New Synagogue in Liberec / Nová Liberecká synagoga (Czech Republic)
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The new, modern and atypical Liberec synagogue, symbiotic building with Liberec Regional library, is on the site of old synagogue destroyed by Nazis in 1938...
Waymark Code: WM6DAW
Location: Liberecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 05/16/2009
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Liberec synagogue was built in the years 1887-1889 by the renowned company of Sachers & Gärtner from a design by the architect K. König from Vienna. Its position in the centre of town and particularly its Neo-Renaissance architecture gave the building a truly monumental impression; it served its purpose until 1938, when it was burnt down by the Nazis on the tragic "Crystal Night".
Today Liberec has beautiful modern synagogue on this site, in the shape of half of the Star of David and with a covering which symbolically represents the Wailing Wall...