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The subject is a plaque on the front of the New Synagogue, Berlin, stating the interesting history of the building. Nathaniel Samson, October 2005.


The plaque reads:

This synagogue is 100 years old
and was set ablaze on 9 November
1938 by the Nazis IN KRISTALLNACHT

During the Second World War 1939-1945
it was destroyed in 1943 by bombing raids

The façade of this house of God shall
remain forever a site of remembrance

NEVER FORGET

The Jewish Community of Greater Berlin
The Directorate


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