The 200 year-old synagogue in Freudental, one of the oldest in south Germany, has been saved from destruction by a group which has purchased the building for 110,000 Marks and plans to restore it. The synagogue has been used as a stockroom for an industrial firm since the Nazi era and was slated to be razed.
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