May 27, 1948 Havoc and Destruction in the Old City of Jerusalem
THE ANCIENT JEWISH QUARTER OF THE OLD CITY WAS RAVAGED, 58 JERUSALEM SYNAGOGUES — SOME CENTURIES OLD — WERE DESTROYED OR RUINED, OTHERS WERE TURNED INTO STABLES AND CHICKEN COOPS. SLUM DWELLINGS WERE BUILT ABUTTING THE WESTERN WALL.
Source: Teddy Kollek, Jerusalem, DC: Washington Institute For Near East Policy, 1990
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