JACOB JR, MY JEWSIH WORLD. AGUDAS ACHIM SYNAGOGUE. BRNO - CZECH REPUBLIC.

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Sunday, Shvat 11, 5781. January 24, 2021. 

Shalom! World. 

Agudas Achim Synagogue. Skorepka 247. Brno - Czech Republic. 

Jewish architects in Brno and their work.

An integral part of the Brno identity is functionalism - a style that was typical of the First Czechoslowak Republic and wich Jewish architects and builders significantly contribuited. One of the most remarkable examples of functionalist architecture in Brno is the Synagogue called Agudas Achim - literally the 'Community of Brethren' - built with donations from the community of Orthodox Jews who fled to Brno from Galicicia during World War I.

The modest architecture of the Synagogue was designed by the architect Otto Eisler in the spring of 1934, and built by his brothers, Arthur and Maurice Eisler, two years later. Their company was one of the most important businesses of its kind in Brno, and between the wars, it constructed some of the most important functionalist buildings, including the famous Villa Tugendhat, designed by the German architec Mies van der Rohe. 

The golden age of functionalist Brno ended with the Nazi occupation. Many architects of Jewish origin, such as Ernst Wiesner, Zikmund Kerekes, Leopold Drucker, Norbert Troller, Endre Steiner and Rudolf Lothar Baumfeld, managed to flee into exile at the last moment, where they spread the fame of Brno functionalism. 











Cultural Support: Jacob Jr. Benleumi. Advisor, Consulting and Education. International Relations Analyst.

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