Event · Fire
Great Synagogue fire
Nazi grenades ignited the Great Synagogue, killing more than 2,000 Jews over twenty-four hours.
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... them over their heads and forced them into the Great
Synagogue. As this august house of worship filled with
people, it was surrounded by Nazi vandals. Armed
from head to toe, they hurled grenades into the syn-
agogue, which immediately went up in flames. Crammed
with more than 2,000 Jews, the synagogue burned for
twenty-four hours until Saturday morning. Only then
came the order to extinguish the fire. ...Connected nodes