page_title: Old Synagogue (Dortmund)
hierarchical_section_title: Old Synagogue (Dortmund)
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Gedenkstein für die Alte Synagoge in Dortmund, SüdseiteEnglish: Memorial for Old Synagogue in Dortmund, Germany, south sideEsperanto: Monumento pro Maljuna Sinagogo en Dortmund, Germanio, suda flanko
context_page_description: The Old Synagogue was the largest synagogue and cultural center of the Jewish community in Dortmund, Germany.
  The synagogue was opened in 1900. With a capacity of 1,300 seats it was one of the largest Jewish houses of worship in Germany.
  After the Nazi Party gained power in 1933, the local government forced the Jewish community to sell the property and decided to demolish the synagogue. The proceeds from the sale were seized by the Nazi regime. Demolition works began a few weeks before the Kristallnacht and were finished in December 1938.
  In 1958–1965 the new Opernhaus Dortmund was built on the site where the synagogue once stood. Since 1998 the forecourt is officially known as Platz der Alten Synagoge and a memorial stone as well as a memorial plaque was erected.
context_section_description: The Old Synagogue (Alte Synagoge) was the largest synagogue and cultural center of the Jewish community in Dortmund, Germany. 
  The synagogue was opened in 1900. With a capacity of 1,300 seats it was one of the largest Jewish houses of worship in Germany. 
  After the Nazi Party gained power in 1933, the local government forced the Jewish community to sell the property and decided to demolish the synagogue. The proceeds from the sale were seized by the Nazi regime. Demolition works began a few weeks before the Kristallnacht and were finished in December 1938.
  In 1958–1965 the new Opernhaus Dortmund was built on the site where the synagogue once stood. Since 1998 the forecourt is officially known as Platz der Alten Synagoge ("Place of the Old Synagogue") and a memorial stone as well as a memorial plaque was erected.
caption: Dortmund Memorial of the Old Synagogue
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