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How Beautiful Are Your Dwelling Places, Jacob - An Atlas of Jewish Space, and a Synagogue for Babyn Yar (Hardcover)
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How Beautiful Are Your Dwelling Places, Jacob - An Atlas of Jewish Space, and a Synagogue for Babyn Yar (Hardcover)
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On September 29 and 30 1941 more than 33,000 Jewish men, women, and
children were murdered in Babyn Yar, a gorge near Kiev. This event
constituted the largest single massacre perpetrated by German
troops against Jews during World War II. In commemoration, a
synagogue designed in the shape of a book will open on the same
site in 2021. When opened, the book building’s inner space and
its furnishings unfold. This impressive movable structure was
designed by Manuel Herz, whose studio runs offices in Basel and
Cologne. This book for the first time shows the Babyn Yar synagogue
captured in photographs by celebrated architectural photographer
Iwan Baan, as well as through plans and model photos. Yet the core
part of the book tells the story of the Jewish people and of
Judaism through the medium of space: the Jewish concept of space
from biblical times to the present. Space as a leitmotif is
understood in broad terms here: territorially, architecturally,
psychologically, theologically, intellectually, as well as
pertaining to the persecution of the Jewish people. Rather than in
an abstract treatise, this story is told through 135 brief and
engaging texts by Robert Jan van Pelt, a leading Holocaust
researcher and professor of architecture. Each of these reflections
is illustrated with drawings and watercolours by New York-based
artist Mark Podwal, who is known for his illustration of Elie
Wiesel’s works.
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