New Synagogue Berlin (Neue Synagoge Berlin - Centrum Judaicum)

... the Hackesche Höfe, a conglomeration of buildings around several courtyards, reconstructed around 1996. Oranienburger Straße and the nearby New Synagogue were the center of Jewish culture before 1933. Although the New Synagogue is still an anchor ...

... on Thurs. for Berlin by train. We spent the long weekend walking all over town - visiting the Reichstag (Parliament), the New Synagogue (built in 1859 before being rebuilt following WWII damage in 1990), the Jewish Museum, a 4-hour walking ...

... we stopped at Potsdamer Platz and saw a replica of the first electric traffic light. Our last stop for the day was the New Synagogue. The dome was very decorative from the outside. I was not as impressed when we had climbed up to the dome and then ...

... . But it was totally cool and by coincidence, was also the heart of the former (and new) Jewish quarter. The very impressive New Synagogue is just a block away. We dropped off our bags and hit the streets. First, we took the S/U-bahn back to the ...

... museum and had some lunch then I made Jason get a crepe because apparently he's never had one before! We went to the New Synagogue, which was ruined during the night of Kristallnacht, the night where the Nazis destroyed everything left of the Jews. We ...

... night. Got a really good burger, chips and coke for €5... best value by a mile so far! Went to the New Synagogue straight from lunch. Pretty interesting... was mostly destroyed in the War but the front areas have been restored and the museum ...

... of when the 'Wall came down'. We went back to West Berlin where we visited the site of the 'Alta (old) Jewish Synagogue' and the 'New Synagogue'. The old synagogue is no longer standing, but at that site a frightful yet powerful story was told. ...

... , we had breakfast at Hackescher Höfe. After, walked around Sophienkirche and the Old Jewish Cemetery; walked pass the Centrum Judaicum (New Synagogue); stopped at the Tacheles; visited the Wall Memorial; the East Side Gallery; Alexander Platz and the ...

... over 1,000 synagogues were burned. All of this left the streets covered in broken glass, hence the name. The New Synagogue in Berlin, however, survived. And all because of one man in the German army. He decided to save the synagogue and told ...

... Neo-Nazi's are pulling some weight in the rural areas of Germany.  Two years ago they tried to burn down the New Synagogue in Berlin, but were stopped by members of the community.  My German friends in Sweden also confirm this but say that ...