tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post7560029704123583498..comments2024-03-28T22:50:02.315+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Synagogue architecture in Poznan in a desperate stateHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-12977978654254604562020-02-03T19:56:06.913+11:002020-02-03T19:56:06.913+11:00heritagpoliceman
thank you for some very impressi...heritagpoliceman<br /><br />thank you for some very impressive architecture.<br /><br />I have been spending time recently examining the very special Alexandria Synagogue restoration in Egypt. Likewise I am delighted that your photos show very handsome, large and proud synagogues in Germany. But I never assumed Polish synagogues would have been stunning, even in the best of times.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-23768173442906549112020-02-03T12:40:13.678+11:002020-02-03T12:40:13.678+11:00Ive made a Pinterest page with surviving major Ger...Ive made a Pinterest page with surviving major German synagogues because I was a bit surprised that any survived at all - but there are 6 1/2 big ones, with 5 grand domed early 20thC ones. Then I realised that there might be some in what is now Poland - and so there are ! Though this would only count as a 1/2 survivor. https://pin.it/ccl4csknvtl4j4heritagpolicemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17163811027382205932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-59414148557726131402016-01-19T00:13:53.452+11:002016-01-19T00:13:53.452+11:00Tom
That seems a big task, doesn't it. But on...Tom<br /><br />That seems a big task, doesn't it. But one well worth sharing. When I remarked that the swimming pool synagogue was functional but ugly, I meant it literally :(<br /><br />Neither my family nor my husband's family comes from Poland, but in my year at school the children were almost all born straight after WW2 to Polish survivors. On your trip to Poznan, I hope you found some of your father's history intact - the written records? the house.. and shop?<br /><br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-24549373552236281122016-01-18T22:56:38.023+11:002016-01-18T22:56:38.023+11:00Hello Helen.
I stumbled across your blog post and...Hello Helen.<br /><br />I stumbled across your blog post and read with interest what you had to say abut the old synagogue. I recently visited Poznan in search of historical materials about my family - my dad was born there. We were hosted there for a couple hours by Alicja who heads the local Jewish community and is instrumental in raising funds to restore Jewish sites. She has a fund for the old synagogue, to which you might want to contribute. Here is the website.<br />http://www.poznan.jewish.org.pl<br /><br />Regards.<br />TomTomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-53465894919386479462014-09-03T10:13:24.044+10:002014-09-03T10:13:24.044+10:00Parnassus
Re acknowledging the history of the bui...Parnassus<br /><br />Re acknowledging the history of the building, there is a proper brass plaque in four languages.<br /><br />http://www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/s/syn-pol-piotrkow-trybunalski-02.jpg<br /><br />The interior of the building has been stripped bare and looks like any other swimming pool:<br /><br />http://images.travelpod.com/tw_slides/ta00/ce5/1aa/swimming-pool-was-synagogue-poznan.jpgHelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-68492830641840445772014-09-03T02:50:20.372+10:002014-09-03T02:50:20.372+10:00Hello Hels, So much of Jewish life and culture we...Hello Hels, So much of Jewish life and culture were lost in Poland that there is an extra importance to maintaining this site and acknowledging its history, even if a full restoration is not in the cards for the immediate future. <br /><br />Incidentally, I cannot help wondering what the interior looks like in its current state. I wonder how much of that elaborate decoration is extant.<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-57829771683643898852014-09-03T00:05:51.725+10:002014-09-03T00:05:51.725+10:00Train Man
In Your Pocket Guide to Poznan wrote th...Train Man<br /><br />In Your Pocket Guide to Poznan wrote that a small number of Jews survived in hiding during WW2, and after the war several hundred actually returned to re-settle in the city. But they were not made to feel safe and so the number of Poznan Jews soon dwindled to well under a hundred.<br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-17529041634138552062014-09-03T00:00:48.908+10:002014-09-03T00:00:48.908+10:00Jane and Lance
I am delighted the former Schindle...Jane and Lance<br /><br />I am delighted the former Schindler Factory in Krakow was retained and restored in 2007 for its very important historical value. I would have presented this museum differently, but we have to be thankful Emalia wasn't razed to the ground.<br /><br />Poznan does not seem to have the same commitment to retaining its historically and aesthetically important sites. Or perhaps the money isn't available.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-77541784483039293312014-09-02T20:23:40.283+10:002014-09-02T20:23:40.283+10:00My parents were survivors not from Poznan but from...My parents were survivors not from Poznan but from a bigger city (Lodz). Did anyone survive WW2 in Poznan?Train Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-86187755581707874802014-09-02T19:03:09.153+10:002014-09-02T19:03:09.153+10:00Hello Helen,
Gosh what a complex history this bui...Hello Helen,<br /><br />Gosh what a complex history this building has had. Such extraordinary turns of events and such a pity that the 'synagogue' is today a mere shadow of its former self.<br /><br />We have little knowledge of Poznan but know that Krakow was also heavily under German control throughout World War II. There is a marvellous interactive museum outlining these events in the former Schindler Factory in Krakow.<br /><br />In Budapest, the synagogue is the second largest in Europe. It is extraordinary that so many Thriving Jewish communities were completely wiped out in the course of the war. Such utter devastation and inhumanity is still inconceivable yo us.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com