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Kaunas Synagogue: what Wikipedia removed

The Kaunas Synagogue is an Orthodox congregation in Lithuania. The 2015 opening described a 2011 incident: ‘a sign saying “Jews out” and “Hitler was right”… were hung in front of the synagogue, a clearly anti-Semitic act.’ Today’s opening says nothing about it, and the word antisemitism appears nowhere in the article, count zero. A reader today does not learn that antisemitic signs invoking Hitler were hung at this synagogue on the anniversary of his birthday in 2011.

The word “antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

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Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.

What was taken out

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  • The original short identification sentence was rewritten into the current longer opening.
  • The sentence locating the synagogue in Centras eldership was reworded, not removed.
  • The detail on the size of Kaunas’s Jewish community in 1902, before the Holocaust in Lithuania, was cut from the opening.
  • The sentence on the land grant to the Kovno Jewish community for the new synagogue was cut from the opening.
  • The sentence describing the synagogue’s design among Kaunas’s more than 35 former synagogues was cut from the opening.
  • The description of the 2011 ‘Jews out’ and ‘Hitler was right’ signs hung at the synagogue as a clearly antisemitic act was cut, and the word no longer appears anywhere in the article.

How it opened then, and now

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2010 (revision 356155803):

Kaunas Synagogue Kaunas Synagogue is one of two operating choral synagogues in Lithuania . It is located in Centras eldership , Kaunas . The Neo-Baroque synagogue was built in 1872. In 1902, before the Holocaust in Lithuania , the city had some 25 synagogues and prayer houses. ^ Cite error: The named reference zydai was invoked but never defined (see the help page ). ^ Cite error: The named reference je was invoked but never defined (see the help page ).

2025 (revision 1256775924):

Orthodox synagogue in Kaunas, Lithuania For similarly named synagogues, see Choral Synagogue . The Kaunas Synagogue , also known as the Choral Ohel Yaakov Synagogue ( Lithuanian : Kauno choralinė sinagoga ), is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue , located at 13 East Ožeškienės Street,, in Centras eldership , Kaunas , in the Kaunas County of Lithuania . Designed by Justyn Golinewicz and Edmund von Mikwitz in an eclectic mix of the Baroque Revival , Renaissance Revival , and Moorish Revival styles, the building was completed in 1872 and is one of two operating choral synagogues in Lithuania. ^ “Choral Ohel Yaakov Synagogue in Kaunas” . Historic Synagogues of Europe . Foundation for …

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