Dresden, Germany · 1907
This mosque in Germany isn't a mosque
Yenidze in Dresden looks like a mosque but was built in 1907 as a cigarette factory. Its minaret is a chimney, and the dome was once the workers' lounge.
What is said in this reel
This mosque in Germany isn't a mosque. It was built as a cigarette factory. Its minaret is really a chimney. Stay and see why. In 1907, a cigarette maker hired an architect. But in the center, factories couldn't look like factories. So he dressed it as a mosque, a giant advert. Now look where it stands. This is Dresden, a city famous for onnate Baroque buildings. At first, Dresden rejected it. But everyone talked. Its roof sign greeted passing trains, Salama Lakum. Peace be with you. Then, in 1945, bomb destroyed a third of it. Later, East Germany store raw tobacco inside. Today its offices. The dome? Once the workers' lounge. So, a mosque? Not quite.
Credits and sources
- Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Diego Delso, PantheraLeo1359531, Armineaghayan, Kora27 (2), Dguendel, Donna Gedenk, Jaimrsilva, Joerg Blobelt (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unukorno, Daniela Ziebell (CC BY-SA 3.0); VSchagow (CC BY 4.0); Richard Peter / Deutsche Fotothek, Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1986-0710-006 (Matthias Hiekel) and 183-1988-0727-005 (Ulrich Haessler) (CC BY-SA 3.0 de); Romzig (CC0)
- Footage: YouTube videos by Oleksandr Ivanov and World & People
- Map: NASA GIBS
- Narration: AI-generated voice.
