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Schiefbahn

First Jewish presence: 1782; peak Jewish population: 57 in 1836 The earliest available record of a Jewish presence in Schiefbahn...

Added Mar 23, 2020

Schermbeck Cemetery

"This Orthodox community consecrated a cemetery on Gartenstrasse during the second half of the 17th century." Esther Sarah Evans Copyright:...

Added Mar 23, 2020

Synagogue\ Bertha House

"The synagogue on Georgstrasse was built in 1810...Rika Hoffmann (born in 1859), who had not only taught knitting courses but...

Added Mar 23, 2020

Schermbeck

First Jewish presence: 1635; peak Jewish population: 100 in 1880; Jewish population in 1933: 11 This Orthodox community consecrated a...

Added Mar 23, 2020

Salzkotten Cemetery

"A cemetery, consecrated on Schuetzenstrasse in 1837... on Pogrom Night... the cemetery was damaged... In 1985, the cemetery was declared...

Added Mar 23, 2020

Salzkotten Synagogue

"Other communal institutions included the following: a synagogue, built on a small square on Vielserstrasse in 1925;...Local Jews established a...

Added Mar 23, 2020

Salzkotten

First Jewish Presence: 1652; peak Jewish population: 143 in 1863; Jewish population in 1933: 50 The community’s first prayer room...

Added Mar 23, 2020

Ruppichteroth Synagogue

"We also know that the community maintained its own synagogue—a two story building on Wilhelmstrasse—after 1920.... In November 1938, local...

Added Mar 23, 2020

Ruppichteroth Cemetery

"a cemetery was consecrated on Herchener Strasse in the late 1920s." Esther Sarah Evans Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A...

Added Mar 23, 2020

Ruppichteroth

First Jewish presence: late 18th century; peak Jewish population: 56 in 1920; Jewish population in 1933: unknown In Ruppichteroth, most...

Added Mar 23, 2020

Rimbeck Cemetery

"That same year [1875], the Jews of Rimbeck consecrated a cemetery." Esther Sarah Evans Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A...

Added Mar 23, 2020

Rimbeck

First Jewish presence: mid-1500s; peak Jewish population: 72 in 1885; Jewish population in 1933: unknown (54 in 1932) Rimbeck’s synagogue,...

Added Mar 23, 2020

Rheydt Synagogue

"The synagogue, inaugurated at 42, Wilhelm-Strater-Strasse in 1876, also housed a mikveh and a school, the latter of which was...

Added Mar 23, 2020

Rheydt New Cemetery

"We also know that, in the 1830s, the community replaced its old cemetery in Aufm Heydberg (used since 1780) with...

Added Mar 23, 2020

Rheydt

First Jewish presence: 1571; peak Jewish population: 300 in 1924; Jewish population in 1933: 270 During the years 1850 to...

Added Mar 23, 2020

Rheine

First Jewish presence: 1342; peak Jewish population: 139 in 1913 (total population: 13,415); Jewish population in 1933: 126 Jews were...

Added Mar 23, 2020