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    Artist

  • Biberfeld, Arthur, 1874-1959

    • Title

  • Synagoge Berlin Pestalozzi Strasse, rebuilt in 1947

    • Other Title(s)

  • Synagoge Berlin Pestalozzi Strasse, wiederaufgebaut im Jahre 1947

  • Physical Description

    Drawing : pencil and watercolor on paper ; 7 3/8 in. x 5.75 in. ; 18.7 x 14.6 centimeters

  • Date

    1948

  • Notes

    Signed and dated lower right. Titled bottom center.

  • Summary

    Drawing by the architect detailing the altar in the sanctuary of the Pestalozzistrasse Synagogue in Berlin. On the back is a letter dated December 23, 1948 to Rabbi Steven Schwarzschild from the architect.

  • Subject

    Synagoge Pestalozzistrasse (Berlin); Synagogues; Synagogues, Interiors

  • Place

    Berlin (Germany)

  • Medium

    Drawings; Watercolors

  • Part Of

    Steven Schwarzschild Collection, AR 25376

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Biographical/Historical Information

The synagogue in Pestalozzi-Str. In Berlin was built in 1913. It was damaged but not destroyed during Kristallnacht and re-consecrated in 1947.

Arthur Biberfeld was a German architect, best known for his work on theaters and the old Komische Oper. He studied under Hermann Ende and Otto Schmalz at the Technische Hochschule in Charlottenburg, Berlin.

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Biberfeld, Arthur: Synagoge Berlin Pestalozzi Strasse, rebuilt in 1947, Leo Baeck Institute, 2009.029.