This year marks the 88th anniversary of the November pogroms of 1938. The night of November 9–10, 1939, marked the beginning of the deprivation of rights and open persecution of Jewish people by the Nazi regime.
Once again this year, Villa Seligmann is commemorating the crimes of November 9 with a concert and lecture. Historian Dr. Peter Schulze will speak on the theme of “Dual Remembrance”: Oppler’s “German” synagogue from 1870 and its destruction on November 9, 1938.
Musically, this glimpse into the life of the synagogue will be enhanced by liturgical works performed by the North German Synagogue Choir under the direction of Martin Lüssenhop. The synagogue’s own organ will also evoke memories with its authentic sound.
The commemorative event also marks the kickoff of a new exhibition project in cooperation with the Landesmuseum Hannover, which will be on view at both venues starting November 10.
“Shalom—Synagogues Through the Ages”
With the synagogues destroyed during Kristallnacht, visible sites of a Jewish-European culture that had developed over centuries disappeared. Researchers at “Bet Tfila – Research Center for Jewish Architecture in Europe” at the Technical University of Braunschweig are now bringing these destroyed sites of Jewish life back to life: Their architectural models reconstruct what Nazi terror once destroyed. Integrated into the “Worlds of Art and People” exhibitions at the State Museum and into the exhibition on the New Synagogue at Villa Seligmann, the wooden models open up new perspectives and demonstrate that Jewish culture has been part of European history since late antiquity.
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