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Die Kölner Synagoge befindet sich im Stadtteil Neustadt-Süd an der Roonstraße gegenüber dem Rathenauplatz. Sie ist das Zentrum der Synagogen-Gemeinde Köln. Internationale Beachtung fand die Synagoge beim Besuch des Papstes Benedikt XVI. während des Weltjugendtages im August 2005. Er besuchte als erstes katholisches Oberhaupt ein jüdisches Gotteshaus in Deutschland.

Roonstrasse Synagogue, located in Cologne, Germany, is one of the five pre-Nazi synagogues of the locality, which was destroyed on November 9, 1938 during nation-wide attacks on Jewish-owned property (Kristallnacht) when Germany was under Nazi rule. The synagogue was subsequently rebuilt during the 1950s. It is currently a center of Jewish community of Cologne, and consists of a community center, a small display of items associated with Cologne Jewry, and a kosher restaurant.
On August 19, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI visited Roonstrasse Synagogue. This visit was the second ever visit to any synagogue by any one of the Popes. There, he condemned Nazism and antisemitism.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)