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Menorah and Solomon’s seal

The lions majestically circumambulate the dome of the former synagogue in Struvestrasse. They are symbols of the tribe of Judah, the fourth of the twelve tribes of Israel and eponymous for the jews.
After a changeful history in görlitz the members of the small Jewish community were finally able to open their new synagogue in 1911. The design for this modern building, a construction involving a steel frame and glass, was developed by the architects Lossow & Kühne from Dresden who wwere also responsible for the designs of the Dresden Playhouse and the main station in Leipzig. A “Stolperstein” (stumbling block) today commemorates Martin Ephraim one of the initiators of the building project and benefactor for the city which did not show any gratitude in return.