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    Memorial

    Brighton And Hove Reform Synagogue- Holocaust Window

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    Current Location

    Brighton and Hove New Synagogue, Palmeira Avenue, Hove, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 3GE, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 29490 04950

    Denomination

    Jewish

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    Type of Memorial
    Window
    WMR Reference Number
    899
    Description
    Three light stained glass window depicting: 1. Symbols of Jewish stories. 2. The burning bush . 3. Jewish history since, chain of suffering broken by sapling (children who were killed in holocaust),yet continues.
    Inscription
    10TH SEPT 1967/ 5TH ELUL 5727/ LEST WE FORGET/ THIS SYNAGOGUE IS DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND TO THE MEMORY OF 6 MILLION JEWS/ WHO PERISHED IN NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS/ IN HONOUR OF THE DEAD/ AN INSPIRATION TO THE LIVING
    War
    Holocaust (1941- 1945)
    Maker(s)
    • John Petts, Artist

    Maintenance History
    2025: Listed by Historic England securing the future of the memorial. See www.thejc.com/community/guernica-of-brighton-saved-from-demolition-after-grade-two-listing-qx4r2c9d

    Components

    Window

    Width: 12192 mm


    Made from: Stained Glass


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1491777

    https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1491777?section=official-list-entry

    • Booman, For your tomorrow: British Decond World War Memorials, DEREK 61 Source: Image Library NIWM Published: Sessions 1995 York
    • John Petts Obituary, "The Indipendent", 20 Auhust 1991, p.19
    • https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1491777?section=official-list-entry