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New synagogue in Tallinn

May 16th, 2007 · No comments yet · ShareThis

The International Herald Tribune reports today on Tallinn’s new synagogue, the first to be built in the city since the Second World War – the previous one was destroyed during Soviet bombing in 1944. Prior to the war there had been around 4500 Jews living in Tallinn. Most fled the country to escape the Nazi […]

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