Jewish Life and Culture in Germany after 1945: Sacred Spaces, Objects and Musical Traditions

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Jewish Life and Culture in Germany after 1945

Sacred Spaces, Objects and Musical Traditions

Edited by: Katrin Keßler , Sarah M. Ross , Barbara Staudinger and Lea Weik

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2022

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How was the re-emerging Jewish religious practice after 1945 shaped by traditions before the Shoah? To what extent was it influenced by new inspirations through migration and new cultural contacts? By analysing objects like prayer books, musical instruments, Torah scrolls, audio documents and prayer rooms, this volume shows how the post-war communities created new Jewish musical, architectural and artistic forms while abiding by the tradition.

This peer-reviewed volume presents contributions to the conference „Jewish communities in Germany in Transition", held in July 2021, as well as the results of a related research project carried out by two university institutions and two museums: the Bet Tfila – Research Unit for Jewish Architecture (Technische Universität Braunschweig), the European Center for Jewish Music (Hanover University for Music, Drama and Media), the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum, and the Jewish Museum Augsburg Swabia. For the first time, post war synagogues in Germany and their objects were researched on a broad and interdisciplinary basis – regarding history of architecture, art history of their furniture and ritual objects as well as liturgy and musicology. The project was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) during the years 2018 to 2021 in its funding line „The Language of Objects".

post-war synagogues and Jewish communities until present days

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new sources and materials: buildings and objects are in most cases still in use by the Jewish communities who opened their collections to the researchers

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Katrin Keßler, Braunschweig; Sarah M. Ross, Hannover; Barbara Staudinger, Augsburg; Lea Weik, Braunschweig.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Introductory Remark Katrin Keßler, Sarah M. Ross, Barbara Staudinger and Lea Weik Open Access Download PDF	1
Part 1: Synagogues and Spaces
Introduction to Part 1: Synagogues and Spaces in Post-War Germany Katrin Keßler and Ulrich Knufinke Open Access Download PDF	7
Wall Paintings in Synagogues of Displaced Persons in Germany (1945–1950) Ulrich Knufinke Open Access Download PDF	37
“Next Year in Jerusalem …” – References to the Holy Land in Synagogue Architecture Katrin Keßler Open Access Download PDF	53
Impressive and Invisible. Reflections on the Urban Disposition of Synagogue Buildings in Germany Since 1990 Beate Löffler Open Access Download PDF	71
The Dynamics of Jewish Space(s): Jewish Agency, Individual, Collective and the Creating, Maintenance or Discarding of Jewish Dominated Jewish Spaces Dani Kranz Open Access Download PDF	85
Part 2: Ritual Objects
Introduction to Part 2: Objects of Religious Practice in the Jewish Communities of Germany after 1945 Barbara Staudinger Open Access Download PDF	113
Locating and Relocating: Mordechai W. Bernstein, Jewish Successor Organizations and the Musealization of Jewish Cultural Heritage Objects Ayleen Winkler Open Access Download PDF	121
“In the religious field great strides have been made” – Jewish Relief Organizations and the Supply of Religious Objects to Jewish Communities in the British Zone (1945–1950) Lea Weik Open Access Download PDF	135
Between Rite and Musealization. Judaica in the Jewish Communities of Southern Germany after the Shoah, Using the Example of Augsburg and the Person of Julius Spokojny Sarah König Open Access Download PDF	149
Part 3: Liturgy and Music
Introduction to Part 3: Community, Religious Practice and Synagogue Music in Post-War Germany Samuel Weigel Open Access Download PDF	165
A Relic of the Past? The Organ and the Jewish Communities in Post-War Germany Tina Frühauf Open Access Download PDF	175
Jewish Musical Heritage in Post-War Germany: Negotiating Jewish Self-Understanding through Synagogue Chant Sarah M. Ross Open Access Download PDF	189
Kaddish in Flossenbürg. On the Genesis of the Memorials to Jewish Victims of the Concentration Camp Timo Saalmann Open Access Download PDF	211
Index: Persons and Places Open Access Download PDF	227

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eBook published on:

August 22, 2022

eBook ISBN:

9783110750812

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August 22, 2022

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110750713

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Front matter:

6

Main content:

232

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91

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2

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110750812

eBook ISBN: 9783110750812

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110750713

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Jewish life; post-war Germany; architecture; liturgical practice; museum.

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Academics in Jewish studies, history, history of architecture, cultural studies, museology, musicology.

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