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Datteln Synagogue

"In 1912, Datteln’s Jews purchased a plot of land on the corner of Marktstrasse and Tuerkenstrasse (today 1 Tuerkenort); a...

Added Feb 12, 2020

Datteln

First Jewish presence: 1814; peak Jewish population: 56 in 1900; Jewish population in 1933: 33 Two Jewish families settled in...

Added Feb 12, 2020

Cologne-Muellheim

First Jewish presence: 1424; peak Jewish population: 200 in 1930; Jewish population in 1933: unknown Although Jewish families, many of...

Added Feb 12, 2020

Cologne-Ehrenfeld

First Jewish presence: 1860; peak Jewish population: 2,000 in 1927; Jewish population in 1933: 1,167 The suburban community of Ehrenfeld...

Added Feb 12, 2020

Adas Jeschurun

"In 1904, when a decision was made to put a musical instrument, an organ, in the synagogue on Roonstrasse, more...

Added Feb 12, 2020

Cologne

First Jewish presence: Roman Era under Emperor Constantine (reigned 306-337); peak Jewish population: 16,093 in 1925 The Destruction of the...

Added Feb 11, 2020

Coesfeld

First Jewish presence: 1298; peak Jewish population: 114 in 1849; Jewish population in 1933: 57 Coesfeld’s first Jewish community was...

Added Feb 11, 2020

Castrop-Rauxel Synagogue

"Castrop’s Jewish elementary school, which also housed an apartment for a teacher, was opened in 1839. The school was moved...

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Castrop-Rauxel

First Jewish presence: 1699; peak Jewish population: 151 in 1935; Jewish population in 1933: 125 or 160 The Jewish community...

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Burgsteinfurt

First Jewish presence: 1337; peak Jewish population: 227 in 1894; Jewish population in 1933: 117 The first Jewish community of...

Added Feb 11, 2020

Burgholz

First Jewish presence: 1622; peak Jewish population: 88 in 1843; Jewish population in 1933: 7 The earliest available record of...

Added Feb 11, 2020

Bueren

First Jewish presence: 1292; peak Jewish population: 116 in 1890s; Jewish population in 1933: unknown (50 in 1939) Jews were...

Added Feb 11, 2020

Buende

First Jewish presence: 1687; peak Jewish population: 145 in 1836; Jewish population in 1933: 56 Built in 1815, Buende’s first...

Added Feb 11, 2020

Bruehl Synagogue

"The modern community established a synagogue—it seated 150 worshipers—in 1882... Bruehl’s synagogue was burned down on Pogrom Night,... In 1939,...

Added Feb 11, 2020

Bruehl

First Jewish presence: 1177; peak Jewish population: 168 in 1911; Jewish population in 1933: 101 In 1853, the Jews of...

Added Feb 11, 2020

Brilon Synagogue

"On May 10, 1931—construction commenced in 1929—the community inaugurated a new synagogue on Hubertusstrasse. The synagogue was vandalized on several...

Added Feb 11, 2020

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