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Hoffnungsstrasse Cemetery

"The city was also home to... [a Jewish cemetery] on Hoffnungsstrasse, or present-day Lazarettstrasse, between 1873 and 1923." Heidemarie Wawzryn...

Category: Cemetery
Location: Essen (אסן Assindia), North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 17, 2020

Reckhammerweg Cemetery

"The city was also home to... [a Jewish cemetery] on Reckhammerweg (1885-1991)." Heidemarie Wawzryn Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A...

Category: Cemetery
Location: Essen (אסן Assindia), North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 17, 2020

Weberstrasse Synagogue

"In 1808, a new synagogue was inaugurated on Weberstrasse (present-day Gerswidastrasse). A Moorish-style synagogue was built on the same site...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Essen (אסן Assindia), North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 17, 2020

Essen Old synagogue

"[In] 1913... the community inaugurated yet another house of worship, the so-called “Old Synagogue,” at 29 Steeler Strasse. The Old...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Essen (אסן Assindia), North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 17, 2020

Essen

First Jewish presence: 13th century; peak Jewish population: 5,045 in 1932/33 The earliest available records of a Jewish presence in...

Category: Residential
Location: Essen (אסן Assindia), North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 17, 2020

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