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Dutch architect
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Harry Elte at a young age.
Amsterdam: Raw Aron Schuster Synagoge [nl]

Harry Elte (born with the name Hartog Elte, Amsterdam, 3 September 1880 – Theresienstadt, 1 April 1944) was a Jewish-Dutch architect. His style is that of the Amsterdam School.

Elte was educated by Berlage. He designed several synagogues and villa's in the Netherlands, as well as a football stadium. For his parents, he designed grave stones on the Jewish cemetery of Muiderberg.

During World War II he was deported and died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.

References

  1. van Alphen, Ernst (1998). Caught by history: Holocaust effects in contemporary art, literature, and theory. Stanford University Press. pp. 193–94. ISBN 978-0-8047-2915-4.

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