On February 3, the exhibition about the New Synagogue in Hanover from 1870 will be shown for the last time.
“They shall make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them”
Lecture by Dr. Peter Schulze, with image projection and musical examples
The ceremonial inauguration of the New Synagogue on September 15, 1870 begins with the prayer: “Ma towu – How good are your tents, Jacob.” Edwin Oppler’s architecture, his synagogue in the “German-Romanesque” architectural style, shows the Jews as part of urban bourgeois society. The Jewish community took over their new house of prayer in the conviction “that we now have one of the most beautiful synagogues in Germany.”
The history of the New Synagogue is linked in many ways to the life and fate of the Jews. Several generations gather here to pray and proclaim God’s word, carrying joys and sorrows from birth to death. The rabbis Samuel Ephraim Meyer, Selig Gronemann, Samuel Freund and Emil Schorsch as well as the cantors Heinrich Berggrün, Adolf Lazarus, Gerson Linhardt and Israel Alter all worked in the synagogue.
After 1918, the New Synagogue is used to commemorate Jewish soldiers who died in the Great War. From 1933, the synagogue was also a venue for lectures, concerts and cultural events until its destruction by the National Socialists in November 1938.
Tickets for 15 (reduced 8) euros are available in the webshop, at karten@villa-seligmann.de or 0511 844887-200.
We kindly point out that photos and videos will be taken during this event, which will be published on our website and/or social media channels and used for press work. By participating, visitors to this event agree to this.
The exhibition is being held in cooperation with the Historisches Museum Hannover.
