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Dessau

American  
[des-ou] / ˈdɛs aʊ /

noun

  1. a city in NE central Germany, SW of Berlin: formerly the capital of Anhalt.


Dessau British  
/ ˈdɛsau /

noun

  1. an industrial city in E Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt: capital of Anhalt state from 1340 to 1918. Pop: 78 380 (2003 est)

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Earlier, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz inaugurated a new synagogue in the eastern city of Dessau and said he was “outraged” by the upsurge in antisemitism since the conflict began.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2023

“This synagogue here in the middle in Dessau says that Jewish life is and remains a part of Germany. It belongs here,” Scholz said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2023

Oury Jalloh, an asylum seeker from Sierra Leone, burned to death in a police cell in the eastern German town of Dessau in 2005.

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2020

He arrived in France from Germany, where he visited Munich and Dessau in search of culture and history.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2019

The horizon of Dessau was very narrow, but within its bounds there was a busy and happy life.

From My Autobiography A Fragment by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)