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The Bechhofen Synagogue (built in 1685) is believed to have been the largest wooden synagogue in Germany. The interior of the synagogue was painted with lavish decorations in 1732 and 1733, in typical…
Places:
Bechhofen, Holy Roman Empire (Bechhofen, Germany)
Date:
1684
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Fanny Hensel (1805–1847), the granddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and financier Daniel Itzig, and sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, was born in Hamburg into a wealthy…
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Julius Helfft
Places:
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1849