Synagogue (Dieren)

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Synagogue in Dieren (1984)

The synagogue in Dieren , a district of the municipality of Rheden in the Dutch province of Gelderland , was built in 1884.

The synagogue with mikveh and school premises were inaugurated at the Spoorstraat in 1884th It was looted and badly damaged by supporters of the NSB in 1943 .

After the Second World War , the Jewish community was not re-established. The synagogue building was used, among other things, as a smokehouse for a butcher, as a theater and finally as a church for a Christian community.

On March 7, 2010, the "Sjoel" von Dieren was re-inaugurated as a synagogue. It is used by the liberal Jewish community of Gelderland .

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Coordinates: 52 ° 2 ′ 42.36 "  N , 6 ° 6 ′ 22.82"  E