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Saarwellingen Cemetery

"Saarwellingen’s Jewish cemetery was consecrated in 1725, desecrated in 1884 and enlarged in 1920... Saarwellingen’s Jewish cemetery, which had been...

Added Feb 06, 2020

Saarwellingen Synagogue

"[in] 1832, when a synagogue was inaugurated at 10 Engelstrasse (construction commenced in 1829)... On Pogrom Night, the synagogue’s interior...

Added Feb 06, 2020

Saarwellingen

First Jewish presence: 1671; peak Jewish population: 191 in 1895; Jewish population in 1933: 134 The Jews of Saarwellingen conducted...

Added Feb 06, 2020

Saarlouis Synagogue

"1828, when the community inaugurated a synagogue, with a mikveh and an elementary school, on Silberherzstrasse (Postgaesschen)...The school was closed...

Added Feb 06, 2020

Saarlouis

First Jewish presence: 1685; peak Jewish population: 480 in 1925; Jewish population in 1933: 364 The earliest record of a...

Added Feb 05, 2020

Saarbruecken New Cemetery

"The Jews of Saarbruecken consecrated [a cemetery] in 1919." Nurit Borut Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the...

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Saarbruecken Oldest cemetery

"The Jews of Saarbruecken consecrated [a cemetery]...in 1840." Nurit Borut Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed...

Added Feb 05, 2020

Saarbruecken New Synagogue

"A new Jewish community in Saarbruecken, founded in 1946, inaugurated a synagogue (with 430 seats) on Beethovenplatz in 1951" Nurit...

Added Feb 05, 2020

Saarbruecken Liberal Synagogue

"In 1888, after much deliberation, the community decided to build a synagogue in St. Johann; construction commenced that year and,...

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Saarbruecken

First Jewish presence: 1321 (see below); peak Jewish population: unknown; Jewish population in 1933: 2,400 The first Jewish presence to...

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Ottweiler Cemetery

"[The community established] a cemetery on present-day Maria-Juchacz Ring (consecrated in 1842)...In 1945, the cemetery was restored;" Heike Zaun Goshen...

Added Feb 05, 2020

Ottweiler Synagogue

"We know for certain, however, that a synagogue was inaugurated on Schlosshof in 1803, and that it was moved to...

Added Feb 05, 2020

Ottweiler

First Jewish presence: 1723; peak Jewish population: 170 in 1843; Jewish population in 1933: 70 A private Jewish prayer room...

Added Feb 05, 2020

Neunkirchen Synagogue

"a synagogue, built on the ruins of a Renaissance castle, in 1865 (renovated in 1921/22)... on Pogrom Night, and the...

Added Feb 05, 2020

Neunkirchen

First Jewish presence: 1776; peak Jewish population: 234 in 1925; Jewish population in 1933: 211 The Jewish community of Neunkirchen...

Added Feb 05, 2020

Nalbach Synagogue

"1854, when a synagogue was inaugurated in Nalbach (at 17 Mittelstrasse). Although the synagogue burned down in 1890, it was...

Added Feb 05, 2020