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Xanten

First Jewish presence: 11th century; peak Jewish population: 98 in 1843; Jewish population in 1933: unknown (14 in 1930) It...

Added Feb 18, 2020

Weinberg Cemetery

"Elberfeld had three Jewish cemeteries... [one] on Weinberg after 1895." Benjamin Rosendahl Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to...

Added Feb 18, 2020

Old Cemetery

"Elberfeld had three Jewish cemeteries: [one] at Engelnberg an der Weissenburgstrasse after 1810," Benjamin Rosendahl Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 -...

Added Feb 18, 2020

Liberal synagogue

"Rabbi Levy Kleelberg inaugurated a new liberal synagogue on Genuegsamkeitsstrasse....On Pogrom Night, rioters vandalized the Orthodox synagogue and incinerated the...

Added Feb 18, 2020

Wuppertal-Elberfeld

First Jewish presence: 1694; peak Jewish population: 2,335 in 1925; Jewish population in 1933: 2,471 or 3,000 Wuppertal’s first known...

Added Feb 18, 2020

Wuppertal-Barmen Synagogue

" [In] 1895/96, when a synagogue was built in Barmen at 18 Scheurenstrasse (present-day Zur Scheuren); Ludwig Levy, the renowned...

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Wuppertal-Barmen

First Jewish presence: 1812; peak Jewish population: 721 in 1925; Jewish population in 1933: 720 (see below) The earliest record...

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Wolbeck

First Jewish presence: 1550; peak Jewish population: 34 in 1933 In 1550, Jacob von Korbach, a doctor, became the first...

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Witten Cemetery

"In or around the year 1890, a new cemetery was consecrated on Am Ledderken." Svetlana Frank Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938...

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Liberal Synagogue

"Finally, on September 27, 1885, a new, liberal synagogue (it had a mixed choir) was inaugurated on Breite Strasse...On Pogrom...

Added Feb 18, 2020

Witten

First Jewish presence: 1815 (26 in 1828); peak Jewish population: 521 in 1910; Jewish population in 1933: 400 In 1869,...

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Wickrath

First Jewish presence: 18th century; peak Jewish population: 240 in 1885; Jewish population in 1933: 94 (see below) Wickrath’s Jewish...

Added Feb 18, 2020

Wesseling Cemetery

"A cemetery on Roemerstrasse (consecrated in 1783)...Commemorative stones were later unveiled in memory of the Jewish cemetery and the synagogue."...

Added Feb 18, 2020

Wesseling

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

Added Feb 18, 2020

Wesel Main Synagogue

"The second synagogue, in use from 1694 onwards, was located at 1299, Rheinstrasse. In 1844, the community acquired the house...

Added Feb 18, 2020

Wesel

First Jewish presence: 1266; peak Jewish population: 248 or 300 in 1905; Jewish population in 1933: 161 The Black Death...

Added Feb 18, 2020

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