Location Cologne, Germany Ecclesiastical or organizational status Active Synagogue Destruction date 9 November 1938 | Affiliation Orthodox Judaism Leadership Rabbi Yaron Engelmayer Phone +49 221 9215600 | |
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Completed 1899. Destroyed during WW2, rebuilt in 1959. Address Roonstraße 50, 50674 Köln, Germany Similar EL‑DE Haus, St Maria im Kapitol, Great St Martin Church, Cologne City Hall, Flora und Botanischer Garten K | ||
The roonstrasse synagogue in cologne germany
Roonstrasse Synagogue, located in Cologne, Germany, is one of the five pre-Nazi synagogues of the locality, which was destroyed on November 9, 1938 during nationwide attacks on Jewish-owned property (Kristallnacht) when Germany was under Nazi rule. The synagogue was subsequently rebuilt during the 1950s. It is currently a center of Jewish community of Cologne, and consists of a community center, a small display of items associated with Cologne Jewry, and a kosher restaurant. The interior of the reconstructed synagogue has a vast blue dome.
On August 19, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI visited Roonstrasse Synagogue. This visit was the second ever visit to any synagogue by any one of the Popes. There, he condemned Nazism and antisemitism.
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