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Fasanenstraße Synagogue was opened on 26 August 1912: A large, ornate building in a prominent position in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. It was burned during Kristallnacht, 9-10 November 1938, only 24 year later.
About Kristallnacht.
Kristallnacht, literally, ‘Night of Crystal’, is often referred to as the ‘Night of Broken Glass’. The name refers to violent anti-Jewish pogroms, which took place on 9-10 November 1938 across Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. The violent mobs destroyed hundreds of synagogues and burned and desecrated Jewish religious artifacts. Around 7,500 Jewish-owned businesses, homes, and schools were plundered, and 91 Jews were murdered. During the pogrom, 30,000 Jewish men were arrested in sent to concentration camps.
Sources.
Center for Jewish History, Berlin; Fasanenstrasse : Synagogues; Destroyed [accessed 20 January 2022]
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Bibliographies: Kristallnacht [accessed 19 January 2022]
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Holocaust Encyclopedia: Kristallnacht (2019) [accessed 19 January 2021]
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