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Holten Synagogue

"The establishment, in 1858, of the Holten synagogue on Mechthildisstrasse...The synagogues in Oberhausen and Holten, the latter of which had...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Sterkrade

First Jewish presence: 1830; peak Jewish population: 130 in 1925; Jewish population in 1933: 90 The Jews of Sterkrade founded...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Steinheim Cemetery

"Steinheim’s Jewish cemetery was consecrated in the 19th century...The Jewish cemetery was vandalized in 1940." Benjamin Rosendahl Copyright: Pogrom Night...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Steinheim New Synagogue

"We also know that a new synagogue was inaugurated on the corner of Markt and Schulstrasse in 1884,...Although services were...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Steinheim

First Jewish presence: 1602; peak Jewish population: 131 in 1855 or 160 in 1885 (sources provide differing information); Jewish population...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Steele

First Jewish presence: 1491; peak Jewish population: 183 in 1883; Jewish population in 1933: unknown. According to local records, a...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Stadtlohn Old Cemetery

"We also know that Stadtlohn’s first Jewish cemetery was consecrated in 1670, and that a new cemetery was laid in...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Stadtlohn

First Jewish presence: 1669; peak Jewish population: 60 in 1870; Jewish population in 1933: unknown Records from 1667 mention Seligman,...

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St. Toenis

First Jewish presence: 1730; peak Jewish population: 62 in 1903; Jewish population in 1933: unknown The earliest record of a...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Solingen Cemetery

"According to records, the Jewish cemetery on Estherweg was consecrated in the 1720s (and enlarged in 1900)" Swetlana Frank

Added Mar 25, 2020

Solingen New Synagogue

"Later, in 1858, the growing community decided to establish a larger synagogue. A suitable site was found on Malteserstrasse in...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Solingen

First Jewish presence: early 18th century; peak Jewish population: 328 in 1905; Jewish population in 1933: 219 Jews settled in...

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Soest Cemetery

"Soest’s Jewish cemetery was consecrated in 1832." Svetlana Frank Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues...

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Soest Synagogue

"In 1819, however, the community purchased a site on Osthofenstrasse for the construction of a proper synagogue; inaugurated in 1822,...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Soest

First Jewish presence: early 13th century; peak Jewish population: 326 in 1880; Jewish population in 1933:156 Two Jewish families moved...

Added Mar 25, 2020

Sinzenich Synagogue

The Jews of Sinzenich conducted services in a prayer room until 1869, when a synagogue was established at 12 Am...

Added Mar 25, 2020