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The New Synagogue in London was built in 1914-1915 by architects Joseph and Smithem. This Edwardian baroque brick building still serves as a synagogue.

The New Synagogue in Neuwiller-les-Saverne is an Ashkenazi synagogue completed in 1875 by architect Louis Furst. This Neo-Moorish brick building now serves as a factory.

The Synagogue in Nijmegen is an Ashkenazi synagogue completed in 1913. In use until WWII, this brick synagogue now serves as a museum.

The New (Szeinbach) Synagogue in Przemyśl is an Ashkenazi synagogue built between 1910 and 1918 by architect Stanisław Majerski. This brick building in the Neo-Baroque style now serves as a library.

The New Synagogue in Rychnov nad Knĕžnou is an Ashkenazi synagogue completed in 1782. The synagogue was rebuilt after 1830, in 1898, 1913 and 1993-95. In use until WWII, this Neo-Classical brick building now serves as a museum.

The New Synagogue in Sulzbach-Rosenberg is an Ashkenazi synagogue completed in 1737. The synagogue was rebuilt in 1822-24 (after a fire), after 1950 and between 2008 and 2013. In use until 1930, this stone synagogue now serves as a museum.

The New Synagogue in Velké Meziříčí is an Ashkenazi synagogue built in 1868-70 by architect August Prokop. In use until WWII, this Neo-Gothic brick synagogue now serves as a shop.

The New Synagogue in Vodňany is an Ashkenazi synagogue built between 1837 and 1852. The synagogue was rebuilt in 1956. In use until WWII, this Neo-Classical brick synagogue now serves as an museum.

The New Synagogue in Berlin was built from 1859 to 1866 designed in an eastern Moorish style by Eduard Knoblauch. The building resembles the Alhambra and is an important architectural monument of the second half of the 19th century in Berlin. The synagogue was miraculously not destroyed under Hitler, but the army confiscated it for use as a material depot from 1940 onwards. On the night of 23rd November 1943, during an air attack by the Royal Air Force, the synagogue was hit and heavily damaged. Under Soviet occupation, the damaged parts of the building were completely removed in the summer of 1958. Since the 1990s the synagogue has reopened as Centrum Judaicum, a centre of Jewish life in Berlin.

The New synagogue in Augsburg was built between 1913 and 1917 designed by the architects Fritz Landauer and Heinrich Lömpel. The synagogue is atypical in being richly decorated with iconographic decorations including a colored mosaic above the Torah ark.