The Bastille
Paris, France
Demolished 1790
Black Wall Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Destroyed 1921
Cluny Abbey
Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France
Sacked 1790
Dresden Synagogue
Dresden, Germany
Arson 1938
Eaton’s Sugarhouse
South Royalton, Vermont, USA
Burned 2019
Great Synagogue
Warsaw, Poland
Blown-up 1943
Hirschfeld Institute
Berlin, Germany
Closed 1933
Institut d’Égypte
Cairo, Egypt
Burned 2011
Michelsberg Synagogue
Wiesbaden, German Arson 1938 When I had a fellowship in Wiesbaden, I walked by the site of the destroyed synagogue every day, as it was just around the corner from my art studio. Julia K. This synagogue was built by the architect Philipp Hoffman for the progressive Reform Jewish congregation of Wiesbaden, opening in 1869. […]
Mormon Temple
Nauvoo, Illinois, USA
Arson 1848
Old Summer Palace
Beijing, China
Arson 1860
Saltair II
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Arson 1970