sentences:  Services were held on Rosh Hashana 1945 and Pessach 1946, before another closure for a more serious refurbish 1946/1947.In 1952 Heinz Galinski, since 1949 president of still undivided "Jüdische Gemeinde zu Berlin", commissioned Heinz Juliusberger, head of its construction department, to prepare and supervise an extensive renovation of the synagogue, being the sole functioning synagogue in the eastern sector of Berlin.Material unavailable in the communist planning system, such as zinc to repair the roof, were bought in West Berlin and brought over.