Look around you and notice what is found today in the location where the synagogue once stood.
After the end of the war, the synagogue was never rebuilt. The community that survived the war was very small and concentrated on helping the survivors and rebuilding the community. Later, the synagogue's land was nationalized, and a department store stood on that space for a while, which burned down. In the early 1990s, the land was returned to the Jewish community.
The memorial plaque is the only thing that today reminds the citizens of the fact that there was a synagogue in that place.
- What does it mean to nationalize, in this case, land?
- What do you think would be the best way to commemorate this location? Describe your ideas.