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Holten Synagogue
"The establishment, in 1858, of the Holten synagogue on Mechthildisstrasse...The synagogues in Oberhausen and Holten, the latter of which had...
- Category: Synagogue
- Location: Sterkrade (Sterkrade-Holten), North Rhine-Westphalia
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...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Sterkrade, North Rhine-Westphalia
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...
- Category: Cemetery
- Location: Steinheim, North Rhine-Westphalia
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...
- Category: Synagogue
- Location: Steinheim, North Rhine-Westphalia
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...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Steinheim, North Rhine-Westphalia
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...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Steele (Essen-Steele), North Rhine-Westphalia
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...
- Category: Cemetery
- Location: Stadtlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia
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,...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Stadtlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Mar 25, 2020
St. Toenis
First Jewish presence: 1730; peak Jewish population: 62 in 1903; Jewish population in 1933: unknown The earliest record of a...
- Category: Residential
- Location: St. Toenis (Sankt Tönis), North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Mar 25, 2020
Solingen Cemetery
"According to records, the Jewish cemetery on Estherweg was consecrated in the 1720s (and enlarged in 1900)" Swetlana Frank
- Category: Cemetery
- Location: Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Mar 25, 2020
Solingen New Synagogue
"Later, in 1858, the growing community decided to establish a larger synagogue. A suitable site was found on Malteserstrasse in...
- Category: Synagogue
- Location: Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Mar 25, 2020
Solingen
First Jewish presence: early 18th century; peak Jewish population: 328 in 1905; Jewish population in 1933: 219 Jews settled in...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Mar 25, 2020
Soest Cemetery
"Soest’s Jewish cemetery was consecrated in 1832." Svetlana Frank Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues...
- Category: Cemetery
- Location: Soest (Sosat, Susatum), North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Mar 25, 2020
Soest Synagogue
"In 1819, however, the community purchased a site on Osthofenstrasse for the construction of a proper synagogue; inaugurated in 1822,...
- Category: Synagogue
- Location: Soest (Sosat, Susatum), North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Mar 25, 2020
Soest
First Jewish presence: early 13th century; peak Jewish population: 326 in 1880; Jewish population in 1933:156 Two Jewish families moved...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Soest (Sosat, Susatum), North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Mar 25, 2020
Sinzenich Synagogue
The Jews of Sinzenich conducted services in a prayer room until 1869, when a synagogue was established at 12 Am...
- Category: Synagogue
- Location: Sinzenich, North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Mar 25, 2020