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(JTA) — More than 80 years after one of Germany’s most prominent synagogues was destroyed on Kristallnacht, the Jewish community of Hamburg has taken ownership of the building’s site and is set to begin rebuilding it. The site of the Bornplatz Synagogue, a neo-Romanesque building dedicated in 1906 that had a 1,200-seat sanctuary and was […]

By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA) — More than 80 years after one of Germany’s most prominent synagogues was destroyed on Kristallnacht, the Jewish

The Jewish community of Hamburg has taken ownership of the the former site of one of Germany's grandest synagogues and is set to begin rebuilding it.

The Bornplatz Synagogue, a neo-Romanesque, 1,200-seat sanctuary that was once the largest synagogue in northern Germany, was burned down on Kristallnacht in 1938.

Israeli-born entrepreneur launched campaign to restore shul after he came across Torah crown dedicated to Bornplatz rabbi in 2020

EPA/CHRISTIAN CHARISIUS Miriam Rürup, the new Israeli-born director of the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European Jewish studies in Potsdam, doesn’t like the idea of restoring the Bornplatz Synagogue that was destroyed on Kristallnacht, 1938. Reconstructing this large and beautiful synagogue, reasons Rürup, erases the memory of the Kristallnacht, and the Holocaust. Bringing this synagogue to its full pre-1938 glory, she told the Catholic media outlet Domradio on February 28, “almost seems...

Feb. 17, 2021 Over 80 years after its destruction, the Bornplatz Synagogue is now the subject of debate in Hamburg. The synagogue, which was dedicated in 1906, was once the largest and most magnificent in northern Germany. It was damaged on Kristallnacht, and razed a year later. Until then, it served as a center for the Jewish community of the Grindel district, ensconced in the neighborhood near the university and the train station. A Talmud Torah once stood on the corner next to the demolished...