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"The city was also home to... [a Jewish cemetery] on Hoffnungsstrasse, or present-day Lazarettstrasse, between 1873 and 1923." Heidemarie Wawzryn...

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"The city was also home to... [a Jewish cemetery] on Reckhammerweg (1885-1991)." Heidemarie Wawzryn Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A...

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"In 1808, a new synagogue was inaugurated on Weberstrasse (present-day Gerswidastrasse). A Moorish-style synagogue was built on the same site...

Added Feb 17, 2020

"[In] 1913... the community inaugurated yet another house of worship, the so-called “Old Synagogue,” at 29 Steeler Strasse. The Old...

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First Jewish presence: 13th century; peak Jewish population: 5,045 in 1932/33 The earliest available records of a Jewish presence in...

Added Feb 17, 2020