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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...

Added Mar 19, 2020

Opladen Synagogue

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

Added Mar 19, 2020

Opladen

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

Added Mar 19, 2020

Oerlinghausen Cemetery

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

Added Mar 19, 2020

Oerlinghausen Synagogue

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

Added Mar 19, 2020

Oerlinghausen

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

Added Mar 19, 2020

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

Ochtrup Cemetery

"[today] The cemetery contains 43 intact tombstones." Harold Slutzkin Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues...

Added Mar 19, 2020

Ochtrup

First Jewish presence: 1720; peak Jewish population: 43 in 1848; Jewish population in 1933: unknown (44 in 1931) Owing to...

Added Mar 19, 2020

Nieheim Cemetery

"A cemetery on Richterstrasse (1840);...Burials were conducted at the cemetery until 1942." Heidemarie Wawrzyn Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A...

Added Mar 19, 2020

Nieheim

First Jewish presence: in or around the 1648; peak Jewish population: 150 in 1871; Jewish population in 1932/33: 77 Records...

Added Mar 19, 2020

Elementary School

"Other communal institutions included a Jewish school, founded before 1820, that became an elementary school in 1863; the school was...

Added Mar 18, 2020

Niedermarsberg Cemetery

"In Niedermarsberg, a cemetery was consecrated on In der Hamecke in 1875 or 1885 (sources of information differ); both sources...

Added Mar 18, 2020

Niedermarsberg

First Jewish presence: 17th century; peak Jewish population: 162 in 1865; Jewish population in 1933: 93 Records from 1672 indicate...

Added Mar 18, 2020

Neheim Cemetery

"Local Jews established... a cemetery (near the Moehne-River) in 1835." Heidemarie Wawrzyn Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to...

Added Mar 18, 2020

Neheim Synagogue

"[In] 1876...a synagogue was inaugurated on Mendener Strasse...On Pogrom Night, rioters destroyed the synagogue’s ritual objects, Torah scrolls and furniture......

Added Mar 18, 2020