Datteln Synagogue
"In 1912, Datteln’s Jews purchased a plot of land on the corner of Marktstrasse and Tuerkenstrasse (today 1 Tuerkenort); a small synagogue was built there in 1929. The one-story building contained two rooms; the prayer room seated approximately 40 persons. Rabbi Dr. Steinthal led the synagogue’s inauguration ceremony on December 16, 1929...On October 23, 1938, the Datteln Jews held the last prayer service in their synagogue; the building was sold in November... There are conflicting reports as to whether the synagogue was the target of Pogrom Night violence. Attacks reportedly took place there on the night of November 10- 11 when, presumably, an attempt was made to burn down the building... The former synagogue was turned into a residence in 1948. Before it was demolished in 1984, the building had also functioned as a store house and a garage. As of this writing, no memorial plaque has been erected on the site. "
Bronagh Bowerman
Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany/ Germansynagogues.com
Notes
Sources: Zentral Archiv zur Erforschung der Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland, Heidelberg University at: www.zentralarchiv.uni-hd.de Feuer in dein Heiligtum gelegt: Zerstörte Synagogen 1938 Nordrhein-Westfalen, Michael Brooke [Ed.], Meier Schwarz [foreword], [publisher] Kamp, 1999., Synagogen Internet Archiv, www.synagogen.info , Yad Vashem’s Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names, www.yadvashem.org/wps/portal/IY_HON_Entrance
Details
| Date Added | Feb 12, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Category | Synagogue |
| Country | DE |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| City | Datteln |
| Exhibits | Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany |
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