Roonstrasse Synagogue in Cologne

21 April 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Interior © Horsch, Willy/cc-by-3.0

Interior © Horsch, Willy/cc-by-3.0

Roonstrasse Synagogue, located in Cologne, Germany, is the only surviving of the five synagogues of the city before the Nazi era. 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.   read more…

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