Berlin – German Synagogue Opens on “Kristallnacht” Anniversary

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 An elderly man holds a candle at the Jewish memorial stone in Frankfurt/Oder, Germany, 09 November 2011. On the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of Kristallnacht on 09 November 1938, the horrific events of this day are being remembered in Frankfurt/Oder this year. Around 100 people laid flowers and placed candles on the memorial stone.?According to Wikipedia, Night of Broken Glass, or 'Kristallnacht', was a pogrom or series of attacks against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria on 09 and 10 November 1938. Jewish homes were ransacked, as were shops, towns and villages, as SA stormtroopers and civilians destroyed buildings with sledgehammers. Around 1,668 synagogues were ransacked, and 267 set on fire.  EPA/PATRICK?PLEULBerlin – Germany’s president has inaugurated a new synagogue on the anniversary of the 1938 Nazi anti-Jewish pogrom that was known as “Kristallnacht,” or the “Night of Broken Glass.”

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President Christian Wulff said the new synagogue in Speyer carried the promise of a “new and permanent presence of Jewish life” in the southwestern city, whose old synagogue was burned down in the pogrom.

At least 91 German Jews were killed across the country in state-sanctioned riots. More than 200 synagogues were destroyed and thousands of Jewish businesses vandalized. Nov. 9 is also the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Germany’s Jewish community has grown since then, helped by immigration from the former Soviet Union.

Wulff says Wednesday is “a day of confidence and hope” as well as remembrance.


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Darth_Zeidah
Darth_Zeidah
12 years ago

This is excellent news!

It just goes to prove that Hitler ימ”ש and his “thousand year Reich” are nowhere to be found and – on the other hand בס”ד, עם ישראל חי – לנצח נצחים!

12 years ago

There is a thriving Jewish community in Berlin, today. During World War Two, over 1,000 Jews hid in Berlin for the duration of the war, as well as an additional 1,000 throughout Germany. When the Soviet Red Army liberated Berlin, there were Russian Jewish Officers, who protected the surviving Jewish residents of Berlin.