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Huelchenrath Synagogue

"Finally, in 1875, the community inaugurated a new synagogue on Broichstrasse. In May 1928, not long after anti-Semitic rioters destroyed...

Added Feb 24, 2020

Huelchenrath

First Jewish presence: 1371; peak Jewish population: 63 in 1871; Jewish population in 1933: unknown The first available record of...

Added Feb 24, 2020

Horstmar

First Jewish presence: 16th century; peak Jewish population: 65 in 1905; Jewish population in 1933: 43 Horstmar’s first Jewish family...

Added Feb 24, 2020

Horn-Meinberg Synagogue

"In August 1857, the community inaugurated a synagogue—the building accommodated a women’s gallery—at 29a Burgstrasse... On Pogrom Night, SA and...

Added Feb 24, 2020

Horn-Meinberg Cemetery

"Other communal institutions included...a cemetery on Paderborner Strasse (1850-1939)." Heidemarie Wawrzyn Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the...

Added Feb 24, 2020

Horn-Meinberg

First Jewish presence: 16th century; peak Jewish population: 72 in 1855; Jewish population in 1932/33: 21 The first reliable record...

Added Feb 24, 2020

Hopsten Cemetery

"...A Jewish cemetery... which was consecrated on Schapener Strasse in 1900...Today, the sole remaining evidence of Jewish life in Hopsten...

Added Feb 24, 2020

Hopsten

First Jewish presence: 1817; peak Jewish population: 25 in 1905; Jewish population in 1933: 22 The Jews of Hopsten initially...

Added Feb 21, 2020

Hohenlimburg

First Jewish presence: 1350; peak Jewish population: 149 in 1885; Jewish population in 1933: 81 The Jews of Hohenlimburg established...

Added Feb 21, 2020

Hoexter

First Jewish presence: 1384; peak Jewish population: 209 in 1885; Jewish population in 1933: 106 The earliest available record of...

Added Feb 21, 2020

Hoengen

First Jewish presence: 18th century; peak Jewish population: unknown; Jewish population in 1933: unknown Records indicate that Jews settled in...

Added Feb 21, 2020

Hochneukirch Cemetery

"The Jewish cemetery on Am Stromberg had been consecrated in 1824... The Jewish cemetery was desecrated in 1951, as it...

Added Feb 21, 2020

Hochneukirch Synagogue

"August 15, 1902, when it inaugurated a small synagogue on Weidenstrasse (present-day Von-Werth- Strasse). The Jewish cemetery on Am Stromberg...

Added Feb 21, 2020

Hochneukirch

First Jewish presence: 18th century; peak Jewish population: 60 in the 19th century; Jewish population in 1933: 20 (see below)...

Added Feb 20, 2020

Dortmund Synagogue

"As the community grew, plans were made to build a new synagogue; a plot of land was purchased on Hiltropwall...

Added Feb 20, 2020

Wesseling

First Jewish presence: early 16th century; peak Jewish population: 120 in 1930; Jewish population in 1933: 61 The earliest record...

Added Feb 20, 2020