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Ludwigshafen Am Rhein Cemetery

"[A]fter 1857, a municipality-owned cemetery (on Frankenthaler Strasse), which was expanded several times...The Jewish cemetery was desecrated on several occasions...

Category: Cemetery
Location: Ludwigshafen Am Rhein (לודוויגסהאפן), Rhineland-Palatinate

Added May 05, 2020

Ludwigshafen Am Rhein Synagogue

"In 1863/1864, the community purchased a former church on Kaiser Wilhelm Strasse and turned it into a synagogue. The inauguration...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Ludwigshafen Am Rhein (לודוויגסהאפן), Rhineland-Palatinate

Added May 05, 2020

Ludwigshafen Am Rhein

First Jewish presence: 1845; peak Jewish population: 1,400 in 1931; Jewish population in 1933: 1,070 The presence of Jews in...

Category: Residential
Location: Ludwigshafen Am Rhein (לודוויגסהאפן), Rhineland-Palatinate

Added May 05, 2020

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