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The first recorded settlement of Jews in Krnov was in the 14th century. Jews were expelled from the town during the reign of Georg
Hohenzollern. A small number of Jewish families returned during the 17th and 18th century, and they required a special permit in order to live in the town. The Jewish
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October 1938, the mayor of Krnov, Oskar König, received a secret order from Berlin to destroy and burn down the Krnov Synagogue on 9 November. Unwilling to comply, König summoned a meeting of the councillors and informed them about the order received. The Sudeten councillors unanimously
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The German population of Krnov was expelled after the war and the former synagogue building was used first as a warehouse, then as a regional archive. The building was damaged during the
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and, in 1999, the building was returned to the Jewish community. However, as there was no Jewish community in Krnov, the
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1052:Ashkenazi synagogues
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758:The Krnov Synagogue
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284:(interior)
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959:Spanish
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