The Gothenburg Synagogue in Sweden was firebombed in December 2017 while a youth event was underway inside. Through October 6 2023 the opening said 'The attack was condemned as antisemitic by mayor Ann-Sofie Hermansson.' Today the opening describes only the building's architecture and history, with the word surviving twice elsewhere in the body. A reader today learns the synagogue was designed by August Krüger in 1855 and not that it was firebombed in 2017 in an attack the city's mayor called antisemitic.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Gothenburg Synagogue ( ) at Stora Nygatan, near Drottningtorget , Gothenburg , Sweden, was opened in 1855 according to the designs of the German architect August Krüger . The congregation is Conservative . The synagogue sanctuary has 300 seats.1Between 25-30% of the membership fees are used for security measures, as Jews are attacked by migrants from the Middle East , the far-left and the far-right .2The synagogue was firebombed on Saturday, 9 December 2017 .3Three non-Swedish men were arrested.4Prosecutor Stina Lundqvist said about 10 to 15 people may have attacked "in concert". The attack was condemned as antisemitic by mayor Ann-Sofie Hermansson . In the aftermath of the attack, the synagogue was visited by two cabinet ministers in a show of support from the highest political level. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gothenburg Synagogue . 57°42′20″N 11°58′21″E  /  57.70556°N 11.97250°E  / 57.70556; 11.97250 "Synagogue: Göteborg" . The three men are 18, 20 and 21 years old. All of them have come to Sweden in recent years.5
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The synagogue has 300 seats. 57°42′20″N 11°58′21″E  /  57.70556°N 11.97250°E  / 57.70556; 11.97250 v t e v t e
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Gothenburg Synagogue The Gothenburg Synagogue at Stora Nygatan, near Drottningtorget , Gothenburg , Sweden, was built in 1855 according to the designs of the German architect August Krüger . The synagogue has 300 seats. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gothenburg Synagogue . 57°42′20″N 11°58′21″E  /  57.70556°N 11.97250°E  / 57.70556; 11.97250 v t e v t e
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The Gothenburg Synagogue ( ) at Stora Nygatan, near Drottningtorget , Gothenburg , Sweden, was opened in 1855 according to the designs of the German architect August Krüger . The congregation is Conservative . The synagogue sanctuary has 300 seats. Between 25 and 30% of the membership fees are used for security measures, as Jews risk attack from Middle Eastern , far-left and far-right extremists. The synagogue was firebombed on Saturday, 9 December 2017 . Three migrant men were arrested. Prosecutor Stina Lundqvist said about 10 to 15 people may have attacked "in concert". The attack was condemned as antisemitic by mayor Ann-Sofie Hermansson . In the aftermath of the attack, the synagogue was visited by two cabinet ministers in a show of support from the highest political level. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gothenburg Synagogue . 57°42′20″N 11°58′21″E  /  57.70556°N 11.97250°E  / 57.70556; 11.97250 "Synagogue: Göteborg" . The three men are 18, 20 and 21 years old. All of them have come to Sweden in recent years. Two are, according to public records, from Syria and one from Palestine.
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Conservative synagogue in Göthenburg, Sweden The Gothenburg Synagogue ( Swedish : Göteborgs synagoga ) is a Conservative Jewish congregation and synagogue , located at Östra Larmgatan 12, near Drottningtorget, Gothenburg , in the municipality of Gothenburg , in the Västra Götaland County of Sweden .The synagogue was designed by August Krüger in the Romanesque Revival style and completed in 1855, and has 300 seats.The synagogue was classified as a listed building in 1999.Historic Synagogues of Europe .Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . n.d .Listed buildings in Sweden .
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What Wikipedia says this is
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built in 1855 according to the designs of the german architect august krüger
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conservative jewish congregation and synagogue
Where the word went
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“antisemitism” now appears 1× under History, 25% of the way down the article
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