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Vechta Synagogue
"We know for certain, however, that in 1825 the Jewish community acquired a synagogue building—which also housed a school and...
- Category: Synagogue
- Location: Vechta, Lower Saxony
Added Feb 03, 2020
Vechta
First Jewish presence: 1709; peak Jewish population: 59 in 1850; Jewish population in 1933: unknown (19 in 1932) Although records...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Vechta, Lower Saxony
Added Feb 03, 2020
Varel Synagogue
"Later, on July 28, 1848, the community inaugurated a synagogue on Osterstrasse; the building, which had been acquired in 1840,...
- Category: Synagogue
- Location: Varel, Lower Saxony
Added Feb 03, 2020
Varel
First Jewish presence: 1683; peak Jewish population: 90 in 1875; Jewish population in 1933: 39 The Jews of Varel initially...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Varel, Lower Saxony
Added Feb 03, 2020
Uchte-Warmsen
First Jewish presence: 18th century (Warmsen), 1812 (Uchte— five Jewish families); peak Jewish population: 18 in 1905 (Warmsen), 24 in...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Uchte-Warmsen, Lower Saxony
Added Feb 03, 2020
Twistringen Cemetery
"We also know that this community maintained... after 1789, a cemetery just north of Twistringen. " Esther Sarah Evans Copyright:...
- Category: Cemetery
- Location: Twistringen, Lower Saxony
Added Jan 30, 2020
Twistringen
First Jewish presence: 1730; peak Jewish population: 40 in 1858; Jewish population in 1933: unknown Twistringen’s synagogue association, which included...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Twistringen, Lower Saxony
Added Jan 30, 2020
Stadtoldendorf Synagogue
"[in] 1855, when the community inaugurated a synagogue—the building had been acquired in 1853—on Kuhstrasse... [On Pogrom Night] The Nazis...
- Category: Synagogue
- Location: Stadtoldendorf, Lower Saxony
Added Jan 30, 2020
Stadtoldendorf
First Jewish presence: early 18th century; peak Jewish population: 86 in 1875; Jewish population in 1933: unknown (43 in 1932)...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Stadtoldendorf, Lower Saxony
Added Jan 30, 2020
Stadthagen Synagogue
"In 1857, Stadthagen’s Jews built a new prayer room at 19 Niedernstrasse; officially opened in 1858, it was acquired by...
- Category: Synagogue
- Location: Stadthagen, Lower Saxony
Added Jan 30, 2020
Stadthagen
First Jewish presence: 1383; peak Jewish population: 62 in 1905; Jewish population in 1933: 60 Records from 1583 mention a...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Stadthagen, Lower Saxony
Added Jan 30, 2020
Soegel
First Jewish presence: 18th century (second half ); peak Jewish population: 92 in 1913; Jewish population in 1933: 77 In...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Soegel (Sögel), Lower Saxony
Added Jan 30, 2020
Sehnde
First Jewish presence: 1820s; peak Jewish population: 19 in 1885; Jewish population in 1933: 11 This tiny community of Jewish...
- Category: Residential
- Location: Sehnde, Lower Saxony
Added Jan 30, 2020
Jacobson Schule
"Established in Seesen in 1801, the Jacobs School, which offered religious studies and vocational training, enrolled Jewish and, later, Christian...
- Category: School
- Location: Seesen, Lower Saxony
Added Jan 30, 2020
Jacobstempel
"A synagogue [was] built on the school’s premises, in 1810...On Pogrom Night, the synagogue ...[was] burned down;...in 1944, the state...
- Category: Synagogue
- Location: Seesen, Lower Saxony
Added Jan 30, 2020
Seesen Cemetery
"The Jewish community established a cemetery on Dehnestrasse in 1805;...[in or after 1933] the cemetery [was] sold." Heike Zaun Goshen...
- Category: Cemetery
- Location: Seesen, Lower Saxony
Added Jan 30, 2020