Edwin Oppler

Edwin Oppler
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Edwin Oppler (18 June 1831, in Oels – 6 September 1880, in Hanover) was a German architect of Jewish ancestry,[1] and a major representative of the Neo-Gothic style. He designed several synagogues, throughout Germany, all of which were destroyed by rioters on Kristallnacht.

  1. ^ Arno Herzig: Jüdische Geschichte in Deutschland. Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart, C. H. Beck Verlag, 2002, ISBN 978-3-406-47637-2 and ISBN 3-406-47637-6, pg. 179; [1], p. PA179, at Google Books