The 19th-century synagogue in the southern Latvian town of Akniste has become a firefighting depot. An older synagogue, with wooden vaulted ceilings, is now a community center. One has been turned into a church. After the Latvian Jews who owned, managed and frequented the buildings were killed during the Holocaust, the state took them over. Now, 80 years later, the Latvian Jewish community will be reimbursed for hundreds of buildings that were expropriated during the war and never returned. On Thursday, the Latvian Parliament gave its final approval to a law that awards 40 million euros, about $46 million, to...
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