Image: The Great Synagogue After 250 Years, Dukes Place, London, 1941 D3421

Description: The Great Synagogue After 250 Years, Dukes Place, London, 1941 Reverend Hermann Mayerowitsch stands under the decorated arch of the Ark of the Great Synagogue which still stands proudly amidst rubble and debris, following a devastating air raid which occurred on the evening of Saturday 10 May 1941. All that is left of the rest of the synagogue is a roofless shell.
Title: The Great Synagogue After 250 Years, Dukes Place, London, 1941 D3421
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//41/media-41511/large.jpg This is photograph D 3421 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Cecil Beaton
Permission: This photograph was scanned and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. The work was created by Cecil Beaton during his service for the Ministry of Information during the Second World War as an official photographer of the Home Front. In the UK, photographs taken in military service, or works of art created as part of military service, became controlled under the Crown Copyright provisions and so faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired after 50 years.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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