Dessau
Americannoun
noun
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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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