"In 1884, the modern community inaugurated a synagogue at 3 Kaiserstrasse... On Pogrom Night (November 1938), axewielding SS men burned down the synagogue ."
Esther Sarah Evans
Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany/ germansynagogues.bh.org.il

Notes

Sources: Alemannia Judaica, www.alemannia-judaica.de 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.

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Date Added May 05, 2020
Category Synagogue
Country DE
State Rhineland-Palatinate
City Landau
Exhibits Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany

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