Freiheit synagogue

The Jewish community of Koepenick (formerly an independent town, now a locality of Berlin) was an autonomous community with a private synagogue until 1933, when it became part of the association of synagogues that belonged to the official Jewish Community of Berlin, whose purpose was to oversee Jewish community and religious life in the whole city. Little is known about the congregation of the synagogue at 8 Freiheit. In fact, the only information we have about a synagogue being built there is a local newspaper announcement from 1909 (placed by Dr. Heinz Gebhardt) stating that a new house of worship was under construction. The Freiheit synagogue was inaugurated in 1910; we also know that the congregation opened a Jewish cemetery nearby. As there are no existing photographs of the synagogue, we know little about the building’s architectural style. The outline on the outer fire wall of the adjacent building suggests that the structure was of neoclassical design. On Pogrom Night (November 1938), the interior of the Freiheit synagogue was vandalized and destroyed. The structure was torn down after the war, and a warehouse was built on the site.

Moshe Finkel

Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany/ Germansynagogues.com

Notes

Sources:Synagogen in Berlin: Zur Geschichte einer zerstörten Architektur, Rolf Bothe [Ed.], [publisher] Willmürth Arenhövel, 1983., Guide to Jewish Berlin: History and the Present, Vera Bendt, Nicola Galliner Thomas Jersch, Stefi Jersch-Wenzel, Carolin Hilker-Siebenhaar [Ed.], [Publisher] Verlag Nicolai, 1987.; www.luise-berlin.de

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Date Added	Jan 22, 2020
Category	Synagogue
Country	DE
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Exhibits	Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany

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Freiheit synagogue

Moshe Finkel

Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany/ Germansynagogues.com

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