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Velbert

First Jewish presence: 1808; peak Jewish population: 86 in 1900; Jewish population in 1933: unknown The Jews of Velbert never...

Added Feb 17, 2020

Massener Strasse Cemetery

"The cemetery on Massener Strasse, consecrated in 1854 and desecrated in 1900, was used until 1942...Commemorative plaques have been affixed...at...

Added Feb 17, 2020

Klosterstrasse Synagogue

"Finally, in 1848, a chapel on Klosterstrasse was converted into a synagogue and school (both were opened in 1851)... On...

Added Feb 17, 2020

Unna Old Age Home

"We also know that the community maintained an old age home—established on Muehlenstrasse in 1905, it had its own cemetery—as...

Added Feb 17, 2020

Unna

First Jewish presence: 1304; peak Jewish population: 240 in 1909; Jewish population in 1933: 156 Records from the 15th century...

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Uerdingen

First Jewish presence: 14th century; peak Jewish population: 79 in 1848; Jewish population in 1933: 31 Uerdingen, which is now...

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Garzweiler

First Jewish presence: 17th or 18th century; peak Jewish population: 74 in 1845; Jewish population in 1933: four families It...

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Gangelt Synagogue

"Beginning in 1810 or 1820, local Jews conducted prayer services in a small brick synagogue on Heinsberger Strasse. In 1824,...

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Gangelt

First Jewish presence: 17th century; peak Jewish population: 63 in 1857; Jewish population in 1933: 40 By 1750, most Gangelt...

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Fuerstenau

First Jewish presence: 1621; peak Jewish population: unknown; Jewish population in 1933: 20-22 Although records indicate that a “protected Jew”...

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Friesenheim

First Jewish presence: unknown; peak Jewish population: 61 in 1861; Jewish population in 1933: 26 In 1665, three Jewish families...

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Frechen

First Jewish presence: 14th century; peak Jewish population: unknown; Jewish population in 1933: 45 It was not until the 18th...

Added Feb 17, 2020

Euskirchen-Flamersheim

First Jewish presence: 17th century; peak Jewish population: 95 in 1911; Jewish population in 1933: unknown (62 in 1932) Beginning...

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Euskirchen

First Jewish presence: 14th century; peak Jewish population: 260 in 1932; Jewish population in 1933: 231 The Jews of Euskirchen—a...

Added Feb 17, 2020

Essen-Steele

First Jewish presence: 15th century; peak Jewish population: 247 in 1900; Jewish population in 1933: 96 Steele’s 15th-century Jewish community...

Added Feb 17, 2020

Hoffnungsstrasse Cemetery

"The city was also home to... [a Jewish cemetery] on Hoffnungsstrasse, or present-day Lazarettstrasse, between 1873 and 1923." Heidemarie Wawzryn...

Added Feb 17, 2020

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