Recently Added Sites & Locations

Since 2010 we have documented more than 2,622 sites

Sort By

Mondorf

First Jewish presence: 17th or 18th century (see below); peak Jewish pop.: 40-80 in the 19th century (Mondorf and Rheidt);...

Added Mar 16, 2020

Moenchengladbach Cemetery

"We also know that the community maintained a cemetery at Huegelstrasse after 1840 (near an older cemetery at an unknown...

Added Mar 16, 2020

Moenchengladbach New Synagogue

"[On] September 14-16, 1883... a new synagogue was inaugurated on Karlstrasse (present-day 15-17 Bluechenstrasse). The synagogue housed a Jewish elementary...

Added Mar 16, 2020

Moenchengladbach

First Jewish presence: 1337; peak Jewish population: 1,439 in 1905; Jewish population in 1933: 907 or 1,200 Moenchengladbach’s 14th-century Jewish...

Added Mar 16, 2020

Minden New Synagogue

"In 1865, an impressive synagogue was erected at 6 Kampstrasse, where services were conducted in German and accompanied by organ...

Added Mar 16, 2020

Minden New Cemetery

"In 1890...new burial grounds were chosen in Erikaweg." Ruth Martina Trucks Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the...

Added Mar 16, 2020

Minden

First Jewish presence: 1270; peak Jewish population: 267 in 1880; Jewish population in 1933: 192 Beginning in 1650 at the...

Added Mar 16, 2020

Meschede Synagogue

"In 1879, when the community inaugurated a synagogue on Kampstrasse; the site also accommodated a schoolroom, a caretaker’s apartment and...

Added Mar 16, 2020

Meschede Cemetery

"Burials were conducted in the Jewish cemetery on Beringhauser Strasse, which had been consecrated before 1851." Heidemarie Wawrzyn Copyright: Pogrom...

Added Mar 16, 2020

Meschede

First Jewish presence: early 19th century; Jewish population in 1895: 103 (no data available on peak population); Jewish population in...

Added Mar 16, 2020

Menden Synagogue

"1821, when a synagogue, the first in the Iserlohn region, was inaugurated on the corner of Hochstrasse and Synagogengasse (“synagogue...

Added Mar 16, 2020

Menden Cemetery

"In Menden, a Jewish cemetery was consecrated on Am Bromberken in 1837...Later, on Pogrom Night, SA men and local civillians...desecrated...

Added Mar 16, 2020

Menden

First Jewish presence: 17th century; peak Jewish population: 98 in 1867 or 133 in 1848; Jewish population in 1932/33: 43...

Added Mar 16, 2020

Meinerzhagen Synagogue

"In 1927, a prayer room with 50 seats was established at 37b, Hauptstrasse...Meinerzhagen’s prayer room was closed at some point...

Added Mar 16, 2020

Heerstrasse Cemetery

"The Jewish community maintained cemeteries [one] on... Heerstrasse (1881-1945)... which was purchased in 1910." Heidemarie Wawrzyn Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938...

Added Mar 16, 2020

Meinerzhagen

First Jewish presence: 1750s; peak Jewish population: 51 in 1885; Jewish population in 1933: 43 Although Jews lived in Meinerzhagen...

Added Mar 16, 2020