The New Synagogue on Rosh Hashanah was ordained in 1866. The church is in town until then Heidereutergasse ceased to serve the growing Jewish population.
The New Synagogue, with the seat in 3200, the home of the largest synagogue in Germany. New services in the synagogue were carried out according to the rites and practices of new calls, the most important indicators for the installation of the organ. These reforms are part of the service process of assimilation of the Jews.
Famous architect Eduard Knoblauch (1801-1865) found inspiration for the design of the Moorish-style synagogue in the Alhambra in Granada. Dome, gold push, and over 50 meters high filled, said that since the German border to use modern construction techniques.
In the Kristallnacht pogroms of November 1938 (“Kristallnacht”), the New Synagogue escaped serious damage. During World War II, but was much damaged by bombs. In 1958, the synagogue’s main hall demolished. Only parts of the building near the road was maintained.
In May 1995 the building was reopened with the permanent exhibition, “Open the door.”
Continuing the tradition of the New Synagogue, New Synagogue Berlin – Centrum Judaicum is proposed as a bridge between past and future. Task Centre Judaicum up and explore the history of Jews in and around Berlin. The aim is to remember the achievements of the Jews and the Jewish victims of maintaining memory. Relevant documents stored, analyzed and published. In addition to temporary exhibitions permanent exhibitions that used to make concrete and visible Jewish history.