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Neheim

First Jewish presence: 17th century; peak Jewish population: 103 in 1910; Jewish population in 1933: 62 The earliest reference to...

Added Mar 18, 2020

Muenstereifel Cemetery

"Muenstereifel’s modern Jewish cemetery, officially consecrated in 1823, was enlarged in 1876 and again in 1930.... On Pogrom Night...the cemetery...

Added Mar 16, 2020

Muenstereifel Synagogue

"In 1660, a prayer hall was established at 17, Orchheimerstrasse. Much later, in 1877, a local Jew purchased that house...

Added Mar 16, 2020

Muenstereifel

First Jewish presence: 14th century; peak Jewish population: 133 in 1868; Jewish population in 1933: 65 The Jews of Muenstereifel...

Added Mar 16, 2020

Muelheim an der Ruhr Cemetery

"Burial grounds were acquired in or around 1720; the cemetery, which was expanded on three different occasions, is still in...

Added Mar 16, 2020

Muelheim an der Ruhr

First Jewish presence: 1620; peak Jewish population: 664 in 1920; Jewish population in 1933: 448 or 517 During the 17th...

Added Mar 16, 2020

Vicktoriaplatz Synagogue

"In order to accommodate the growing congregation...the community consecrated a new synagogue (on Viktoriaplatz) on August 2, 1907; the neo-Romantic...

Added Mar 16, 2020

Mondorf Cemetery

"Mondorf’s Jewish cemetery was consecrated in 1883." Heidemarie Wawrzyn Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues...

Added Mar 16, 2020

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