Before World War II, a third of Lviv?s population was Jewish, making it one of Eastern Europe?s major centres of Jewish religious, cultural and social life. The prestigious Golden Rose Synagogue, the Great City Synagogue and the Beth Hamidrash School formed the heart of the Jewish district before being razed to the ground by Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1943. Since then this key site has fallen into neglect.

© Sophie Jahnke

Architects: Franz Reschke Landscape Architecture

Location: Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Architect In Charge: Franz Reschke

Area: 800.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Sophie Jahnke , Franz Reschke

Collaborators: Studio Sophie Jahnke (Exhibition Design, Perpetuation object), Yuriy Stolarov (local contact architect)
Clients: City of Lviv, GIZ, Center for Urban History

© Franz Reschke

From the architect. Before World War II, a third of Lviv?s population was Jewish, making it one of Eastern Europe?s major centres of Jewish religious, cultural and social life. The prestigious Golden Rose Synagogue, the Great City Synagogue and the Beth Hamidrash School formed the heart of the Jewish district before being razed to the ground by Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1943. Since then this key site has fallen into neglect.

© Franz Reschke

With a view to commemorating and finally cherish the city?s Jewish heritage, an international design compet...