The most notable building on Oranienburger Straße is the New Synagogue ( '' Neue Synagoge '' ) , which at the time of its opening in 1866 was the largest synagogue in Berlin . The synagogue was saved from destruction by the Nazis on Kristallnacht in 1938 by the actions of Otto Bellgardt , a local police officer , later covered up by his superior Wilhelm Krützfeld . It was largely destroyed by Allied bombing in 1943 , and most of the ruins were demolished in 1958 by the German Democratic Republic authorities . The restored front section of the synagogue was reopened in 1995 as a Jewish community centre also housing a synagogue and a museum
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Oranienburger Straße