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Zeven Cemetery

"Zeven’s tiny community continued, however, to maintain a Jewish cemetery on Kleine Ahe...Zeven’s Jewish cemetery was desecrated after the pogrom......

Added Feb 05, 2020

Wunstorf Old Synagogue

"The community maintained a synagogue on Nordstrasse... which was replaced in 1913." Heidemarie Wawrzyn Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A...

Added Feb 05, 2020

Zeven

First Jewish presence: 1823; peak Jewish population: 22 in 1933 The Jewish community of Zeven, founded in 1842, included the...

Added Feb 05, 2020

Wunstorf New Synagogue

"[community established in] 1913 a new house of worship on Kuesterstrasse, whose premises contained a mikveh, a school and a...

Added Feb 05, 2020

Wunstorf

1st Jewish presence: 13th century (1st recorded in the 16th century); peak Jewish pop.: 88 in 1860 (3.9% of the...

Added Feb 04, 2020

Wolfenbuettel New Synagogue

"In 1893, Wolfenbuettel’s Jewish community, which belonged to the Braunschweig rabbinate, inaugurated a larger synagogue on Lessingstrasse...On Pogrom Night, rioters...

Added Feb 04, 2020

Wolfenbuettel Old Synagogue

"From 1781 until 1893, Wolfenbuettel was home to an 80- seat synagogue at 12 Harzstrasse. The synagogue had been founded...

Added Feb 04, 2020

Wilhelmshaven Synagogue

"In 1915, local Jews replaced their prayer room with a synagogue on the corner of Boersenstrasse and Parkstrasse; the building...

Added Feb 04, 2020

Wilhelmshaven

First Jewish presence: in or around the year 1870; peak Jewish population: 200 in the 1920s (see below); Jewish population...

Added Feb 04, 2020

Wolfenbuettel

First Jewish presence: 1697; peak Jewish population: 302 in 1910; Jewish population in 1933: 112 From 1781 until 1893, Wolfenbuettel...

Added Feb 03, 2020

Wildeshausen Synagogue

"1830, when the community procured a shack at 30 Huntestrasse and remodeled it as a synagogue with a prayer room,...

Added Feb 03, 2020

Wildeshausen

First Jewish presence: 13th century; peak Jewish population: 72 in 1865; Jewish population in 1933: unknown In 1827, the Jews...

Added Feb 03, 2020

Wesermuende

First Jewish presence: early 19th century; peak Jewish population: 340 in 1931; Jewish population in 1933: unknown (113 in 1939)...

Added Feb 03, 2020

Weener Synagogue

"On July 3, 1828, the Jewish community acquired a plot of land on which it built a synagogue in 1828/29...

Added Feb 03, 2020

Weener Cemetery

" In 1850 and 1896, the community consecrated new Jewish cemeteries on Graf Ulrich Strasse and Graf Edzard Strasse, respectively."...

Added Feb 03, 2020

Weener

First Jewish presence: 1645; peak Jewish population: 231 in 1885; Jewish population in 1933: 131 Weener’s Jews initially conducted services...

Added Feb 03, 2020

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