Abstract
In planning the museum in the medieval Synagogue in Erfurt more than 10 years ago, there was one big problem: the building had gone through many changes over the centuries, which wiped out almost all traces of the synagogue’s use. The Bimah was destroyed, presumably during the pogrom on 21 March 1349. By converting the former synagogue into a warehouse (following the pogrom), a big gateway was inserted into the eastern wall, at the place of the former Torah Ark. Only the light cornice is still recognizable on the synagogue’s walls. To find an adequate solution for displaying the vanished Torah Ark in the Old Synagogue in Erfurt, we compared examples in other locations in Europe, suggesting the presentation eventually chosen for the Old Synagogue of Erfurt.
Highlights
In planning the museum in the medieval Synagogue in Erfurt more than 10 years ago, there was one big problem: the building had gone through many changes over the centuries, which wiped out almost all traces of the synagogue’s use
It is integrated into the guided tour via an iPod-based video guide, or can be seen on the museum’s website
While using the video guide iPod, the visitor learns about the form and function of Torah Arks in the middle ages—he will understand why the Erfurt Ark is gone and how we tried to reconstruct it
Summary
Another reconstruction variant by Simon Paulus, which is more based on the longitudinal rectangular models of the Middle Ages and early modern times, was presented at the special exhibition shown in the Old Synagogue in autumn 2018. For another another possible possible reconstruction, reconstruction, see see Still intact and/or working synagogues with existing Torah Arks. Vanished synagogues which are remembered in modern synagogues, museums or similar institutions somewhere else, using fragments of Torah Arks meeting places, etc. Its interior is mostly intact, with the metal wooden seats
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