Germany reopens biggest national synagogue


	Germany reopens biggest national synagogue

Togo

8-31-2007 5:52 PM

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history, wwii, society

Togo says:

Who would expect the re-emergence of a Jewish community in Germany again, especially in the city where the Nazis planned the Halocaust.

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