Beth Shalom Synagogue (Athens)
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The Beth Shalom Synagogue in Athens is the main synagogue in the Greek capital, which is home to the largest group of Jews in Greece, around 3000 people . "Beth Shalom" is Hebrew and means "house of peace". The synagogue is 400 m² and has a capacity of about 550 people. Opposite it on the same street is the city's second synagogue, the Ioanniotiki Synagogue .
history
The synagogue was built in 1935 by the Sephardic community of Athens. The interior was not completed until 1951. During the Italian and German occupation of Athens in World War II , the congregation was not able to use their church. Since Athens was originally in the Italian and later in the German occupation zone, the Jews of the city - whose number had increased greatly due to refugees from northern, German-occupied Greece - supported by the Greek Orthodox Church during the Holocaust had better chances of survival than the Jews of other countries under Nazi rule. In March 1944, however, the German occupiers raided the synagogue and abducted a number of parishioners. A bronze plaque inside the synagogue commemorates their fate .
In 1975 Beth Shalom was renovated.
Individual evidence
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Coordinates: 37 ° 58 ′ 41.7 ″ N , 23 ° 43 ′ 13.3 ″ E