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| Plaque, Golden Rose synagogue, Lviv, Ukraine |
Ukrainian authorities planning to tear down one of Europe's oldest and most beautiful synagogues, which was torched by Nazis in 1941, in favor of hotel. Israeli Foreign Ministry urged to intervene immediately
Ynet
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The Golden Rose Synagogue was the oldest synagogue in Ukraine.
The synagogue was named a World Heritage Site in 1998.
It was illegally demolished by the government of Ukraine in 2011 to build a hotel
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Don't remember anything like that happening (leave alone in Europe) since Taliban's destruction of Buddhas.
Goodbye, Golden Rose
The last traces of the 420,000 Jews murdered by Nazis in the once vibrant Lviv are being buried under casinos and car parks
Tom Gross in Lviv, Ukraine
guardian.co.uk
