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Lechenich Synagogue

"Later, in the 1880s, a larger synagogue—with 60 seats for men, 46 for women—was built at 10 Judenstrasse (“Jews’ street”)...On...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Lechenich, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 26, 2020

Lechenich

First Jewish presence: 13th century; peak Jewish population: 171 in 1895; Jewish population in 1933: 74 By the beginning of...

Category: Residential
Location: Lechenich, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 26, 2020

Langweiler

First Jewish presence: 1800; peak Jewish population: 80 in the mid-19th century; Jewish population in 1933: 7 The Jews of...

Category: Residential
Location: Langweiler, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 26, 2020

Langerwehe Cemetery

"A Jewish cemetery was located on the outskirts of town." Ruth Martina Trucks Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial...

Category: Cemetery
Location: Langerwehe, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 26, 2020

Langerwehe

First Jewish presence: 17th century; peak Jewish population: 57 in 1895; Jewish population in 1933: 46 The Jews of Langerwehe...

Category: Residential
Location: Langerwehe, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 26, 2020

Langenfeld Cemetery

"According to records, local Jews consecrated a cemetery in 1793." Ruth Martina Trucks Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial...

Category: Cemetery
Location: Langenfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 26, 2020

Langenfeld Synagogue

"The Hauptstrasse in Ganspohl was chosen as the location for a new house of worship. The synagogue (it also housed...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Langenfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 26, 2020

Langenfeld

First Jewish presence: 1750; peak Jewish population: 127 in 1910; Jewish population in 1933: 55 Jews first settled in Langenfeld...

Category: Residential
Location: Langenfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 25, 2020

Lage Cemetery

"Other communal institutions included a cemetery—consecrated on Flurstrasse in the mid-1700s...Memorial plaques have been unveiled at the former synagogue site...

Category: Cemetery
Location: Lage, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 25, 2020

Lage

First Jewish presence: 1679; peak Jewish population: 68 in 1880 (25% of the total population); Jewish population in 1933: 13...

Category: Residential
Location: Lage, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 25, 2020

Krefeld-Linn

First Jewish presence: 18th century; peak Jewish population: 46 in 1824; Jewish population in 1933: 42 During the early 18th...

Category: Residential
Location: Krefeld-Linn (Linn), North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 25, 2020

Kuchenheim

First Jewish presence: 1668; peak Jewish population: 114 in 1929; Jewish population 1933: unknown (11 in 1932) This community’s prayer...

Category: Residential
Location: Kuchenheim, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 25, 2020

Korschenbroich

First Jewish presence: 1689; peak Jewish population: 67 in 1885; Jewish population in 1933: unknown (20 in 1932) Religious services...

Category: Residential
Location: Korschenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 25, 2020

Kleve Cemetery

"Kleve’s Jewish cemetery was located on Koekkoekstege (present-day Ernst-Goldschmidt-Strasse)...On Pogrom Night (November 1938), SS men... tore tombstones from Jewish graves...A...

Category: Cemetery
Location: Kleve (Cleves), North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 25, 2020

Kleve Synagogue

"On August 24, 1821, a new synagogue was inaugurated on Reitbahn, next to the Schwanenburg castle on the outskirts of...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Kleve (Cleves), North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 25, 2020

Kleve

First Jewish presence: 1242; peak Jewish population: 185 in 1880; Jewish population in 1933: 151 or 158 The first available...

Category: Residential
Location: Kleve (Cleves), North Rhine-Westphalia

Added Feb 25, 2020

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Jason Guberman

Executive Director

Jason Guberman-P., A social entrepreneur who specializes in building broad coalitions and melding intellectual and technical innovation, serves as founding Executive Director of Digital Heritage Mapping and is the coordinator of the Diarna Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life.

Joshua Shamsi

Project Director

Joshua Shamsi, is Project Director for the Atlas of Jewish Life and Lead Photographer/Outreach Director for the Diarna Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life.

Eddie Ashkenazie

Researcher

Eddie Ashkenazie, is a Yeshiva University PhD student focusing his studies on the Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in the modern era.

Avital Hirsch

Avital Hirsch graduated Magna Cum Laude from Binghamton University with a BA in language and linguistics. She has studied in Rome at Istituto Lorenzo de Medici.

Glenn Dynner

Editor

Glenn Dynner. Professor of Religion, Sarah Lawrence College. BA, Brandeis University. MA, McGill University. PhD, Brandeis University. Scholar of East European Jewry with a focus on the social history of Hasidism and the Haskalah.

Chrystie Sherman

Photographer

Born in Chicago, Chrystie Sherman was educated at the University of Vermont, the University of Paris, and New York University Graduate School of Film and Television.

Gentian Xhaxiu

Researcher

Gentian Xhaxhiu, was born in Tirana, Albania, in April 1988. He has attained a Master Degree in “EU Business Law” and has successfully completed the Annual Programme of the School of Political Studies of the Council of Europe.