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His name was Ludwig Forster. He was born in Germany, but in that time, in the 1850s, when the building was made, he was working in Vienna. He was the chief architect of the city of Vienna. But the guy, he was a Christian. He usually was building churches and not synagogues. So this is the reason why, also from the outside, we have the towers. The towers are not usual for a synagogue. We don't need the towers, but for a church, it�s a very common thing. And not just on the outside, also the interior part. The interior part has several elements came obviously from the Christian architecture. I mean, we have the three aisles, the basilican shape downstairs. Then we have the pulpits, which is a very unique thing for a synagogue. We have two of them, a pair of pulpits.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7, Tilt of a pulpit.\u003cbr/\u003e8, Wide of tourists walking inside.\u003cbr/\u003e9, Various interior shots\u003cbr/\u003e10, SOUNDBITE (English) Szabolcs Borbely, art historian:\u003cbr/\u003e \"This is the second largest synagogue in the world after the New York's Emanu-El Temple. And this is the largest synagogue here in Europe. And, you know, it�s not about the seat numbers, because we have 3000 seats here, but in Jerusalem there is a synagogue, the Belz Beit synagogue in the central of the city which can host more than 6000 people. But this is not the reason. The reason is the inner space. We have more then a 1000 square meters, more then 10.000 square feet as the inner space of the synagogue. So that's why it's so special.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11, Wide of the interior space.\u003cbr/\u003e12, SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Frolich, chief rabbi of the synagogue:\u003cbr/\u003e \"I served as the chief of rabbi of the Hungarian Armed Forces for 15 years. But the greatest feeling is to be the rabbi of this magnificent synagogue.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13, Wide of the view from the Torah-ark.\u003cbr/\u003e14, Medium of tourists taking pictures.\u003cbr/\u003e15 Various interior shots\u003cbr/\u003e16, SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Frolich, chief rabbi of the synagogue:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Before the second world war it was an other world, a different world. Everything was full of Jews. There were more than a million Jews in the historical Hungary. Now we have about 150.000 Jews.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17, Medium of a Synagogue's courtyard with a Holocaust memorial and the grave yard of those who were buried here while synagogue was the part of the ghetto.\u003cbr/\u003e18, Close of graves from 1944 and 1945.\u003cbr/\u003e19,Close of grave.\u003cbr/\u003e20, Medium of tourists walk with Tree of Life memorial in the background.\u003cbr/\u003e21, Wide of the Tree of Life memorial.\u003cbr/\u003e22, Close of sign (reads in Hungarian: Remember!).\u003cbr/\u003e23, Medium of tourists looking at the memorial.\u003cbr/\u003e24, Focus shifts onto its metallic leaves carrying the names of Holocaust victims.\u003cbr/\u003e25, SOUNDBITE (English) Cornelia Kreutzer, tourist from Vienna, Austria:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Concerning my impression, you really see how many people were killed.\"\u003cbr/\u003e26,Various of Tree of Life\u003cbr/\u003e27, SOUNDBITE (English) Cornelia Kreutzer, tourist from Vienna, Austria:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The symbol is maybe in the direction of death, but the colour and the impression are not like edges. It�s round and circle, it�s smooth. It shows me like the good go(es) on.\"\u003cbr/\u003e28,Various Tree of Life\u003cbr/\u003eThis year's Jewish holiday, Hanukkah, is underway.\u003cbr/\u003eIn Hungary, the focus for many Jews will be centred upon Europe's biggest synagogue in Pest.\u003cbr/\u003eThis architecturally interesting synagogue is the second largest in the world and is a living memorial to the hundreds of thousands of Jews from Hungary who died during the holocaust. \u003cbr/\u003eIt's also a reminder of the huge importance Jewish culture has played in Eastern Europe.  \u003cbr/\u003eWhen the Great Synagogue was inaugurated on September 6 1859 Jews had not yet achieved full civil rights in Austro-Hungary yet it was one of the biggest ever Jewish houses of worship. \u003cbr/\u003eUnusually it boasts twin towers outside, and is constructed on an asymmetric plot. \u003cbr/\u003eIt's called the Dohany street Synagogue after the street it's in, but it is also known as the Great Synagogue.\u003cbr/\u003eThis 151 year old building was constructed in the centre of the city on the Pest side of the river. \u003cbr/\u003eIt can hold up to five thousand people - three thousand seated, the rest standing. \u003cbr/\u003eAs Szabolcs Borbely, an art historian explains, the key architect behind the synagogue's design was neither Jewish nor Hungarian:\u003cbr/\u003e\"As the architecture, it's so important to know that the architect of the synagogue was a German born, Christian architect. His name was Ludwig Forster. He was born in Germany, but in that time, in the 1850s, when the building was made, he was working in Vienna. He was the chief architect of the city of Vienna. But the guy, he was a Christian. He usually was building churches and not synagogues. So this is the reason why, also from the outside, we have the towers. The towers are not usual for a synagogue. We don't need the towers, but for a church, it�s a very common thing. And not just on the outside, also the interior part. The interior part has several elements came obviously from the Christian architecture. I mean, we have the three aisles, the basilican shape downstairs. Then we have the pulpits, which is a very unique thing for a synagogue. We have two of them, a pair of pulpits.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThis masterpiece of 19th century architecture is also influenced by Muslim architecture that draws upon Moorish designs. \u003cbr/\u003eMajor events have taken place here, including the 1000th anniversary of the Hungarian Conquest in May 1896. \u003cbr/\u003eNowadays tourists flock here to marvel at the building's magnificence as well as watching events such as Klezmer concerts. \u003cbr/\u003eBut on Jewish High Holidays the synagogue is not open to visitors.\u003cbr/\u003eThe only other synagogue that can touch this for size is in New York:  \"This is the second largest synagogue in the world after the New York's Emanu-El Temple. And this is the largest synagogue here in Europe. And, you know, it�s not about the seat numbers, because we have 3000 seats here, but in Jerusalem there is a synagogue, the Belz Beit synagogue in the central of the city which can host more than 6000 people. But this is not the reason. The reason is the inner space. We have more then a 1000 square meters, more then 10.000 square feet as the inner space of the synagogue. So that's why it's so special.\" says Borbely.\u003cbr/\u003eDuring World War II the synagogue was used as a concentration camp where Jews were herded together before being deported to Auschwitz. Some 600,000 Hungarian Jews died during the holocaust. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Chief Rabbi here is Robert Frolich. He says: \"Before the second world war it was an other world, a different world. Everything was full of Jews. There were more than a million Jews in the historical Hungary. Now we have about 150.000 Jews.\"\u003cbr/\u003eOutside the Great Synagogue the graves of holocaust victims fill the graveyard. \u003cbr/\u003eThe building suffered during World War II when it was damaged in 1944 by Allied bombing. \u003cbr/\u003eThen under Communism the building fell into disrepair. But in 1996 it opened once more after five years of restoration. \u003cbr/\u003eIn the grounds of the Great Synagogue stands the Tree of Life. This moving monument is a wrought silver tree with some of the names of the holocaust victims inscribed on its branches. \u003cbr/\u003eCornelia Kreutzer, a tourist from Vienna in Austria says :\" you really see how many people were killed.\"\u003cbr/\u003eClients are reminded: \u003cbr/\u003e(i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: info@aparchive.com. \u003cbr/\u003e(ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service \u003cbr/\u003e(iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their 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