Meppen Synagogue & School
"In 1849, the Jews of Meppen inaugurated a synagogue on Nagelshof (later, 17, Nagelshof ), in the back of which they built a classroom and an apartment for a teacher. The first teacher was hired in 1816, and we also know that Meppen was home to a Jewish school from the year 1851 until (approximately) 1921... On November 10, 1938, at four in the morning, an SA leader received orders to burn down the synagogue... A memorial stone was placed near the synagogue site—it now accommodates a residential building—in 1996."
Esther Sarah Evans
Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany/ Germansynagogues.com
Notes
Sources: Historisches Handbuch der jüdischen Gemeinden in Niedersachsen und Bremen, Herbert Obenhaus, David Bankier and Daniel Fraenkel [Eds.], [publisher] Wallstein Verlag, 2005.1 www.judentum-christentum.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61
Details
| Date Added | Jan 28, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Category | School |
| Country | DE |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| City | Meppen |
| Exhibits | Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany |
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