Kottbuser Ufer Synagogue

This complex of buildings, designed by the well-known architect Alexander Beer, housed a large synagogue with a seating capacity of 2,000, a social hall, a small synagogue for weekday services, another synagogue for youth services, classrooms, and living accommodation for the rabbi. Construction work commenced in 1913, and the inauguration ceremony took place in 1916. With its threefold façade, elegant wing and portico (the latter of which was designed in the style of the Levetzowstrasse synagogue) the Kottbuser Ufer synagogue was one of the most impressive buildings in the Kreuzberg area. Dr. Isidor Bleichrode was appointed rabbi and served the congregation until 1932. The main building was completely destroyed on Pogrom Night (November 1938); the other sections were gutted, but the ruins were not demolished until the late 1950s, when the former youth minyan synagogue was rebuilt and refurnished. As of this writing, the building is used by Berlin’s conservative Jewish congregation.

Harold Slutzkin

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.

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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, Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany, Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany

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Kottbuser Ufer Synagogue

Harold Slutzkin

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

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