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Rheinbach New Cemetery

"Communal institutions included two cemeteries:..the second, located on present-day Am Juedischem Friedhof (literally “at the Jewish cemetery”), was built near...

Added Mar 23, 2020

Rheinbach Old Cemetery

"Communal institutions included two cemeteries: the first, in Rheinbach-Wormersdorf, is located on the edge of the woods near Tomburg (three...

Added Mar 23, 2020

Rheinbach

First Jewish presence: 1345; peak Jewish population: 113 in 1901; Jewish population in 1933: 27 Local records from 1345 mention...

Added Mar 23, 2020

Rheda-Wiedenbrueck

First Jewish presence: 1576; peak Jewish population: 116 in 1912; Jewish population in 1933: 92 The first era of Jewish...

Added Mar 23, 2020

Remscheid Cemetery

"The community maintained a cemetery in the Bliedinghausen district (on Steinacker Strasse)." Benjamin Rosendahl Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A...

Added Mar 19, 2020

Remscheid

First Jewish presence: 1694; peak Jewish population: 280 (or 273) in 1933 The presence of Jews in Remscheid was documented...

Added Mar 19, 2020

Rees

First Jewish presence: 1431; peak Jewish population: 150 in 1850; Jewish population in 1933: 55 Few Jews lived in Rees...

Added Mar 19, 2020

Recklinghausen New Cemetery

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

Added Mar 19, 2020

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...

Added Mar 19, 2020

Poppelsdorf

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

Added Mar 19, 2020

Petershagen Judenberg

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

Added Mar 19, 2020

Petershagen

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

Added Mar 19, 2020

Peckelsheim

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

Added Mar 19, 2020

Paderborn Cemetery

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

Added Mar 19, 2020

Paderborn Synagogue

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

Added Mar 19, 2020