1.   Grellert said he discovered that there was a startling lack of information available in books and records about the architecture of German synagogues.

2.   He also plans to see the German synagogue restored.

3.   The second oldest in Europe after Prague, the German synagogue is being completely restored and is currently closed.

4.   Twenty-five German synagogues were destroyed after World War II in arson or bomb attacks.

5.   And for the first time in a German synagogue, a female cantor presided.

6.   Unknown assailants painted an anti-Jewish slogan on the wall of a German synagogue, police said Wednesday.