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Vlotho Synagogue

"In 1851, a synagogue was built at 66 Langenstrasse, on the same plot of land that accommodated the school...On the...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Viersen Synagogue and School

"Viersen’s Jews conducted services in prayer halls until they acquired a building at 10 Rektoratsstrasse in 1862, in which the...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Telgte Cemetery

"The (approximately) 150-year-old cemetery was desecrated, and the gravestones were thrown into the Ems after the site was leveled [on...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Telgte New Synagogue

"Telgte’s new synagogue was built on 43 Koenigsstrasse in 1875; it housed a schoolroom and, on the second floor, an...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Telgte Old Synagogue

"The community’s older synagogue, a two-story building that was used from 1740 onwards, is still standing." Ruth Martina Trucks Copyright:...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Telgte

First Jewish presence: 1539; peak Jewish population: 69 in 1885; Jewish population in 1933: five families. Telgte was not only...

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Suedlohn

First Jewish presence: 1903; peak Jewish population: unknown; Jewish population in 1933: unknown Suedlohn’s first Jewish family settled there in...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Oberhausen Synagogue

"In 1898, another synagogue [used by the Sterkrade community] was inaugurated, this time in nearby Oberhausen, on 24 Friedensstrasse...The synagogues...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Holten Synagogue

"The establishment, in 1858, of the Holten synagogue on Mechthildisstrasse...The synagogues in Oberhausen and Holten, the latter of which had...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Sterkrade

First Jewish presence: 1830; peak Jewish population: 130 in 1925; Jewish population in 1933: 90 The Jews of Sterkrade founded...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Steinheim Cemetery

"Steinheim’s Jewish cemetery was consecrated in the 19th century...The Jewish cemetery was vandalized in 1940." Benjamin Rosendahl Copyright: Pogrom Night...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Steinheim New Synagogue

"We also know that a new synagogue was inaugurated on the corner of Markt and Schulstrasse in 1884,...Although services were...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Steinheim

First Jewish presence: 1602; peak Jewish population: 131 in 1855 or 160 in 1885 (sources provide differing information); Jewish population...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Steele

First Jewish presence: 1491; peak Jewish population: 183 in 1883; Jewish population in 1933: unknown. According to local records, a...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Stadtlohn Old Cemetery

"We also know that Stadtlohn’s first Jewish cemetery was consecrated in 1670, and that a new cemetery was laid in...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Stadtlohn

First Jewish presence: 1669; peak Jewish population: 60 in 1870; Jewish population in 1933: unknown Records from 1667 mention Seligman,...

Added Mar 25, 2020

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