The interior of the synagogue also bears a striking resemblance to that of a Christian church, complete with cruciform floor plan, pulpit, pews, grand chandeliers, kneelers, and a pipe organ. (The famous composer and pianist Franz Liszt played it for the building’s inauguration.) As you might expect from these details, the synagogue was and still is home to a more liberal branch of Judaism. But despite these efforts to assimilate into the community, the congregation here suffered deportment and death. The Nazis stuck radio antennae on the two towers and the Gestapo established a base in the balcony.