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Synagogues in Germany

Elisabeth Jahn
April 18, 2018

Before 1933, there were some 2,800 Jewish temples in Germany. Today there are 130 synagogues and prayer rooms - a reflection of the tumultuous past of German-Jewish life, but also evidence of its current resurgence.

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Kuppel der Neuen Synagoge in Berlin
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