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Sankt Wendel Synagogue

"[in] 1902... the community inaugurated a synagogue on Kelsweilerstrasse; the synagogue, which seated 84 men and 52 women, was renovated...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Sankt Wendel (Saint-Wendel, Basonvillare), Saarland

Added Feb 06, 2020

Saarwellingen Synagogue

"[in] 1832, when a synagogue was inaugurated at 10 Engelstrasse (construction commenced in 1829)... On Pogrom Night, the synagogue’s interior...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Saarwellingen, Saarland

Added Feb 06, 2020

Saarlouis Synagogue

"1828, when the community inaugurated a synagogue, with a mikveh and an elementary school, on Silberherzstrasse (Postgaesschen)...The school was closed...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Saarlouis (Sarrelouis), Saarland

Added Feb 06, 2020

Saarbruecken New Synagogue

"A new Jewish community in Saarbruecken, founded in 1946, inaugurated a synagogue (with 430 seats) on Beethovenplatz in 1951" Nurit...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Saarbruecken (Saarbrücken, Sarrebruck, Saravipontum, Pons Saravi), Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Saarbruecken Liberal Synagogue

"In 1888, after much deliberation, the community decided to build a synagogue in St. Johann; construction commenced that year and,...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Saarbruecken (Saarbrücken, Sarrebruck, Saravipontum, Pons Saravi), Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Ottweiler Synagogue

"We know for certain, however, that a synagogue was inaugurated on Schlosshof in 1803, and that it was moved to...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Ottweiler, Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Neunkirchen Synagogue

"a synagogue, built on the ruins of a Renaissance castle, in 1865 (renovated in 1921/22)... on Pogrom Night, and the...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Neunkirchen, Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Nalbach Synagogue

"1854, when a synagogue was inaugurated in Nalbach (at 17 Mittelstrasse). Although the synagogue burned down in 1890, it was...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Nalbach, Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Merzig Synagogue

"[The town was home] after 1842, to a synagogue on the corner of Rehstrasse and Neustrasse...On Pogrom Night, the synagogue...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Merzig, Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Illingen Synagogue

"The community consecrated...a new synagogue, with a schoolroom and an apartment for the teacher, in 1859 (at 11 Hauptstrasse)...On Pogrom...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Illingen, Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Homburg/Saar Synagogue

"The community consecrated... a synagogue in 1862 (6 Kosterstrasse)...On Pogrom Night (November 1938), SS men demolished the synagogue’s interior and...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Homburg/Saar (Homburg, Humborch), Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Brotdorf Synagogue

"Brotdorf Jews maintained...beginning in 1854, a synagogue on 52-54 Hausbacher Strasse... On Pogrom Night, the synagogue’s interior was destroyed, after...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Brotdorf, Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Bettingen-Huettersdorf Synagogue

"The Huettersdorf-Lebach community maintained a synagogue in Huettersdorf, first mentioned in 1850...In violence that followed the return of the Saarland...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Bettingen-Huettersdorf (Hüttersdorf, Huettersdorf- Lebach), Saarland

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...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Wunstorf, Lower Saxony

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...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Wunstorf, Lower Saxony

Added Feb 05, 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...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Wolfenbuettel (Wolfenbüttel), Lower Saxony

Added Feb 04, 2020

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