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Medebach Cemetery
"Other communal institutions included... a Jewish cemetery on Glindfelder Weg, the latter of which was consecrated in 1808" Heidemarie Wawrzyn...
- Category: Cemetery
- Location: Medebach, North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Mar 16, 2020
Medebac Synagogue
"A synagogue was inaugurated on Oberstrasse in 1854/55 and renovated in 1927... On the evening of November 10, 1938 (Pogrom...
- Category: Synagogue
- Location: Medebach, North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Mar 16, 2020
Medebach
First Jewish presence: 16th century; peak Jewish population: 59 in 1861; Jewish population in 1933: 32 The earliest available record...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Medebach, North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Mar 16, 2020
Mechernich Synagogue
"Local Jews built a synagogue on Rathergasse in 1883; in 1913, a mikveh was installed there. On Pogrom Night, SA...
- Category: Synagogue
- Location: Mechernich, North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Feb 27, 2020
Mechernich
First Jewish presence: 17th century; peak Jewish population: 93 in 1931; Jewish population in 1933: approximately 90 The Jewish community...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Mechernich, North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Feb 27, 2020
Madfeld
First Jewish presence: early 18th century; peak Jewish population: 82-96 in 1855; Jewish population in 1933: 26 In 1704, one...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Madfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Feb 27, 2020
Luexheim Synagogue
"According to records, the community inaugurated a synagogue on Nikolaistrasse in 1893. On Pogrom Night, local Nazis destroyed the synagogue’s...
- Category: Synagogue
- Location: Luexheim (Lüxheim), North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Feb 27, 2020
Luexheim
First Jewish presence: probably in the 19th century; peak Jewish pop.: 50 in 1850 (approximately 15% of the total pop.);...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Luexheim (Lüxheim), North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Feb 27, 2020
Luenen Synagogue
"In 1811, the community inaugurated a synagogue at 30, Kirchstrasse, near a Protestant church and the city hall; one of...
- Category: Synagogue
- Location: Luenen (Lünen), North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Feb 27, 2020
Luenen Cemetery
"Other communal institutions included a cemetery, consecrated on present day Muensterstrasse in the late 1600s...The cemetery was leveled that same...
- Category: Cemetery
- Location: Luenen (Lünen), North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Feb 27, 2020
Luenen
First Jewish presence: mid-17th century; peak Jewish population: 140 in 1933 (see below); Jewish population in 1933: 140 The earliest...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Luenen (Lünen), North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Feb 27, 2020
Luedinghausen
First Jewish presence: 1807; peak Jewish population: 36 in 1865; Jewish population in 1933: 22 The Jewish community of Luedinghausen,...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Luedinghausen (Lüdinghausen), North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Feb 27, 2020
Luebbecke
First Jewish presence: 14th century; peak Jewish population: 170 in 1905; Jewish population in 1933: 41 Although Jewish merchants did...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Luebbecke (Lübbecke, Lübke), North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Feb 27, 2020
Lippstadt New Cemetery
"A new cemetery was consecrated next to the town’s general burial grounds [in the 1830s]." Benjamin Rosendahl Copyright: Pogrom Night...
- Category: Cemetery
- Location: Lippstadt (Lippe), North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Feb 27, 2020
Lippstadt Synagogue
"Lippstadt Jews conducted services in prayer halls, all of which were located in private residences, until July 30, 1852, when...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Lippstadt (Lippe), North Rhine-Westphalia
Added Feb 27, 2020
Lippstadt
First Jewish presence: 1535; peak Jewish population: 270 in 1890; Jewish population in 1933: 115 or 126 Although Jews were...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Lippstadt (Lippe), North Rhinbe-Westphalia
Added Feb 27, 2020