BBC: Munich opens landmark synagogue

[blackhorse]

Munich opens landmark synagogue

A new synagogue has been opened in the heart of the German city of Munich, 68 years after Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler ordered its predecessor torn down.

The sacred Jewish scrolls of the Torah were paraded through the streets to the cubic building in the city centre.

The new synagogue is seen as a symbol of the rebirth of Munich's Jewish community, which was all but wiped out by the Nazis in World War II.

The ceremony came 68 years after the Nazi Kristallnacht anti-Jewish pogrom.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6132796.stm

[Lurking Dem]

1. Wow!

How cool is that?

[JudyM]

2. On the anniversary of Kristallnacht - how sadly touching.

:cry: :thumbsup:

[blackhorse]

3. It is a fitting rebuke . . .

. . . to those who still admire the Nazis' deranged racial worldview.

BH

[Lisa]

4. it looks very spacious and well-lit inside

The local Jewish community put on an exhibition of historic photos of now-vanished German synagogues. They were extraordinarily-beautiful buildings -- many of them were constructed in the 1800s, in Romanesque Revival style. This one looks quite different on the inside, but the futuristic touches also make an important (and moving) point, about endurance and timelessness.