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Dortmund-Hoerde

First Jewish presence: 1505; peak Jewish population: approximately 400 in 1927; Jewish population in 1932/33: 237 The earliest available record...

Added Feb 13, 2020

Ostpark Cemetery

"Another Jewish cemetery was laid in Dortmund itself, in the Ostpark, in 1888." Bronagh Bowerman Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 -...

Added Feb 13, 2020

Leopoldstrasse Mikveh

"Dortmund’s Orthodox, Eastern European Jews, who arrived during World War I and lived in the northern part of the city,...

Added Feb 13, 2020

Dortmund - Dorstfeld

First Jewish presence: 17th century; peak Jewish population: 110 in 1885; Jewish population in 1933: 83 Jews arrived in Dorstfeld...

Added Feb 12, 2020

Dortmund

First Jewish presence: 11th century; peak Jewish population: 4,500 in 1930; Jewish population in 1933: 4,108 (in June) The earliest...

Added Feb 12, 2020

Dinslaken

First Jewish presence: 1366; peak Jewish population: 301 in 1927 (or 388 in 1895); Jewish population in 1933: 208 or...

Added Feb 12, 2020

Dorsten

First Jewish presence: 1808; peak Jewish population: 100 in 1861; Jewish population in 1933: 48 In 1816, when 29 Jews...

Added Feb 12, 2020

Datteln Synagogue

"In 1912, Datteln’s Jews purchased a plot of land on the corner of Marktstrasse and Tuerkenstrasse (today 1 Tuerkenort); a...

Added Feb 12, 2020

Datteln

First Jewish presence: 1814; peak Jewish population: 56 in 1900; Jewish population in 1933: 33 Two Jewish families settled in...

Added Feb 12, 2020

Cologne-Muellheim

First Jewish presence: 1424; peak Jewish population: 200 in 1930; Jewish population in 1933: unknown Although Jewish families, many of...

Added Feb 12, 2020

Cologne-Ehrenfeld

First Jewish presence: 1860; peak Jewish population: 2,000 in 1927; Jewish population in 1933: 1,167 The suburban community of Ehrenfeld...

Added Feb 12, 2020

Adas Jeschurun

"In 1904, when a decision was made to put a musical instrument, an organ, in the synagogue on Roonstrasse, more...

Added Feb 12, 2020

Cologne

First Jewish presence: Roman Era under Emperor Constantine (reigned 306-337); peak Jewish population: 16,093 in 1925 The Destruction of the...

Added Feb 11, 2020

Coesfeld

First Jewish presence: 1298; peak Jewish population: 114 in 1849; Jewish population in 1933: 57 Coesfeld’s first Jewish community was...

Added Feb 11, 2020

Castrop-Rauxel Synagogue

"Castrop’s Jewish elementary school, which also housed an apartment for a teacher, was opened in 1839. The school was moved...

Added Feb 11, 2020

Castrop-Rauxel

First Jewish presence: 1699; peak Jewish population: 151 in 1935; Jewish population in 1933: 125 or 160 The Jewish community...

Added Feb 11, 2020