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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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The synagogue is named after German-born composer Kurt Weill, who fled Nazi Germany in 1933, and his father Albert Weill, who was a cantor in Dessau.

From Seattle Times Oct. 22, 2023

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

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

Counselor Schwabe, of Dessau, has made them his study since 1826, and has arrived at some singular results.

From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Thomas Belden Butler

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