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Recklinghausen New Cemetery

"a new one [cemetery] was consecrated in 1905." Harold Slutzkin Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed...

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Recklinghausen Old Cemetery

"A cemetery was acquired in 1820, but a new one was consecrated in 1905." Harold Slutzkin Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938...

Added Mar 19, 2020

Recklinghausen

First Jewish presence: 14th century; peak Jewish population: 450 in 1930; Jewish population in 1933: unknown Jews resettled in Recklinghausen...

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Poppelsdorf

First Jewish presence: 1624; peak Jewish population: 232 in 1850; Jewish population in 1933: unknown (162 in 1932) In 1685,...

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Petershagen Judenberg

"Town records indicate that a prayer hall existed in Petershagen in 1652, as did a cemetery—its oldest extant tombstone is...

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Petershagen

First Jewish presence: 1600; peak Jewish population: 208 in 1875; Jewish population in 1933:43 Town records indicate that a prayer...

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Peckelsheim

First Jewish presence: 1650; peak Jewish population: 147 in 1888; Jewish population in 1933: unknown (11 in 1932) By 1802,...

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Paderborn Cemetery

"Later, in 1893, the community consecrated a new cemetery, as the older cemetery—it had been established in 1703—was no longer...

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Paderborn Synagogue

"1882, when the community inaugurated a synagogue; the octagonal building seated 200 men and, in the gallery, 120 women...On Pogrom...

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Paderborn

First Jewish presence: mid-14th century; peak Jewish population: 421 in 1901; Jewish population in 1933: 273 The medieval Jewish community...

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Opladen Synagogue

"The community built a small synagogue on the corner of Altstadtstrasse and Lessingstrasse in 1879,...On Pogrom Night, “unknown persons” broke...

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Opladen

First Jewish presence: 1820; peak Jewish population: 45 in 1910; Jewish population in 1933: 38 The history of Jewish Opladen...

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Oerlinghausen Cemetery

"Oerlinghausen’s Jewish cemetery (located in Barkhauser Berg) had been consecrated in the 17th century." Nurit Borut Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938...

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Oerlinghausen Synagogue

"In 1893, the community inaugurated a new synagogue on Toensbergerstrasse...By the late 1920s, the community could no longer gather enough...

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Oerlinghausen

First Jewish presence: 17th century; peak Jewish population: 74 in 1872; Jewish population in 1933: 19 By 1766, the Jews...

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Oelde

First Jewish presence: 1570; peak Jewish population: 84 in 1861; Jewish population in 1933: unknown (41 in 1932) In 1740,...

Added Mar 19, 2020