I thought this article from the Guardian would be of particular interest to those who were in Berlin for the IPA Congress and went on the tour of Jewish Berlin which included a visit to the Synagogue before restoration:
Germany’s largest synagogue, an architectural and historical landmark in the centre of Berlin, will reopen today after extensive restoration work.
The red-brick Rykestrasse synagogue is to be reopened in the presence of former members who were forced to flee Nazi Germany. It was set on fire on Kristallnacht on November 9 1938, when synagogues and Jewish businesses were attacked and destroyed on Nazi orders…
Click here to read the article. Click here to see accompanying photos.