Alexander Beer
Architect
1873 – 1944
Who was Alexander Beer?
Alexander Beer was a German architect.
Beer was born in Hammerstein, West Prussia. He studied in Berlin and Darmstadt. His first employment was in Mainz, where he restored and refurbished government buildings for the state of Hesse. Being a Jew, he could not find promotion in this position and finally left his post to take on that of a Regierungsbaumeister, offered by the Jewish Community in Berlin. Among his works created during this employment are:
A large Jewish orphanage in Berlin-Pankow;
An orthodox synagogue in Berlin-Kreuzberg;
A memorial for 395 fallen Berlin Jewish soldiers of World War I in the Jewish Cemetery, Berlin-Weissensee;
A Girls’ School in Berlin-Mitte;
A liberal synagogue in Berlin-Wilmersdorf. This, together with a Residence for Seniors in Berlin-Schmargendorf, was widely regarded as his most important achievement.
Other, lesser commissions included the reconstruction, refurbishment and maintenance of various buildings owned by the Berlin Jewish Community.
All of Beer's works were seriously damaged during the era of Nazi Germany.
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