Four synagogues in the old Amsterdam ghetto, which were wrecked by the Nazis during the Second World War, are to be rebuilt as museums with the financial aid of the Dutch Government and the Amsterdam City Council, it was reported here today. The rebuilding will cost 180,000 pounds sterling ($504,000) of which the Dutch Government will provide 90 percent.
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