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Warendorf

First Jewish presence: 14th century; peak Jewish population: 99 in 1833; Jewish population in 1933: 43 A Judenstrasse (“Jews’ street”)...

Added Feb 18, 2020

Warburg

First Jewish presence: 1559; peak Jewish population: 295 in 1909; Jewish population in 1933: 160 The earliest record of a...

Added Feb 17, 2020

Wanne-Eikel

1st Jewish presence: 1748; peak Jewish pop.: 316 in 1925 and 1930; Jewish pop. in 1933: 270 (at the beginning...

Added Feb 17, 2020

Wadersloh

First Jewish presence: 1846; peak Jewish population: unknown; Jewish population in 1933: unknown We know very little about this small...

Added Feb 17, 2020

Voerden

First Jewish presence: 1704; peak Jewish population: 38 in 1871; Jewish population in 1933: 18 The Jewish population of the...

Added Feb 17, 2020

Vlotho

First Jewish presence: 17th century; peak Jewish population: 137 in 1855; Jewish population in 1933: 65 Even though only one...

Added Feb 17, 2020

Viersen

First Jewish presence: 1712; peak Jewish population: 157 in 1925 or 160 in 1927; Jewish population in 1933: 130 or...

Added Feb 17, 2020

Versmold

First Jewish presence: late 17th century; peak Jewish population: 65 in 1860; Jewish population in 1933: 31 Although Jews settled...

Added Feb 17, 2020

Velbert Cemetery

"Records suggest that the town’s Jewish cemetery was already in use in 1840, and we know for certain that it...

Added Feb 17, 2020

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...

Added Feb 17, 2020

Uerdingen

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

Added Feb 17, 2020

Garzweiler

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

Added Feb 17, 2020