"in 1888, a synagogue was inaugurated on Amtshofstrasse... On Pogrom Night, SA men smashed the synagogue’s windows and furniture; the homes of 12 Jewish families were destroyed...The synagogue building was demolished in 1950, after which a movie theater was built on the site."
Nurit Borut
Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany/ germansynagogues.bh.org.il

Notes

Sources: The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust, Shmuel Spector [Ed.], [publisher] Yad Vashem and the New York University Press, 2001., Führer durch die Jüdische Gemeindeverwaltung und Wohlfahrtspflege in Deutschland 1923-1933, Andreas Nachama, Simon Hermann [Eds.], [publisher] Edition Hentrich, 1995., Die Verfolgung der Juden in den Landkreisen Bad Kreuznach und Birkenfeld 1933-1945: Eine Dokumentation, Edgar Mais, [publisher] Fr.Fiedler, 1988.

Details

Date Added May 04, 2020
Category Synagogue
Country DE
State Rhineland-Palatinate
City Kirn
Exhibits Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany

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