Editing Essen (section)

=== Old Synagogue ===
{{Main|Old Synagogue, Essen}}
Opened in 1913, the then-New Synagogue served as the central meeting place of Essen's pre-war Jewish community. The building ranks as one of the largest and most impressive testimonies of Jewish culture in pre-[[World War II|war]] Germany. In post-war Germany, the former house of worship was bought by the city, used as an exhibition hall and later rededicated as a cultural meeting centre and house of Jewish culture.
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File:Synagoge 1917.jpg|Synagogue, 1917
File:Synagoge 1922.jpg|Synagogue, 1922
File:Alte Synagoge, Essen.jpg|Old Synagogue, 2010
File:Alte Synagoge Essen 2014.jpg|Old Synagogue, 2014
File:Essen - Alte Synagoge in 04 ies.jpg|Old Synagogue interior
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