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Paulskirche (St. Paul's Church)
Photo Credit: Wolfgang Staudt
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In 1944, during World War II, the church was destroyed along with much of the Frankfurt wider city centre in the Allied Bombing of Frankfurt. As a tribute to its symbolism of freedom and as the cradle of Germany, it was the first structure in Frankfurt the city rebuilt after the war. However, the city itself wanted to make use of the to-be-reconstructed building, thus St. Paul's Lutheran congregation and the city concluded to exchange the congregation's usufruct to this building for that of old St. Nicholas Church, only damaged by bombing.
Today St. Paul's is no longer used as a church, instead it became a venue used for various displays and events. The most well-known is the annual awarding of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade during the Frankfurt Book Fair.
In 1963, US President John F. Kennedy gave a major speech in the Paulskirche during his visit to the country.
For the 150th birthday of the German democratic experience in 1998, St Paul's once again attracted public interest.
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