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Foundations of synagogue destroyed in 1938 uncovered in Poland
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleArchaeologists in the city of city of Wroclaw in western Poland have found the foundations of the historic New Synagogue, which was destroyed in 1938 during Kristallnacht.
At the time the region was part of Germany and it was the second largest synagogue in pre-war Germany.
The synagogue was built in 1865 and had four towers and a seventy-yard-high dome. The synagogue served the liberal Jewish community. It was destroyed during Kristallnacht, or Night of the Broken Glass, in November 1938. At present, on the site where the synagogue sat, stands a monument.
The archaeological digs are being conducted with the financial support of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
— JTA
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