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Halle on Saale

First Jewish presence: 12th century (second half ); peak Jewish population: 1,387 in 1910; Jewish population in 1933: 1,300 The...

Category: Residential
Location: Halle on Saale (Halle), Saxony-Anhalt

Added Feb 06, 2020

Eisleben

First Jewish presence: 14th century; peak Jewish population: 138 in 1854; Jewish population in 1933: 85 Eisleben’s 14th-century Jewish community...

Category: Residential
Location: Eisleben, Saxony-Anhalt

Added Feb 06, 2020

Dessau on Saale

First Jewish presence: 1672 (25 families); peak Jewish population: 807 in 1818 (approximately 9% of total pop.); Jewish population in...

Category: Residential
Location: Dessau on Saale (Dessau), Saxony-Anhalt

Added Feb 06, 2020

Bernburg

First Jewish presence: 17th century; peak Jewish population: 405 in 1864; Jewish population in 1933: 195 Jews established a significant...

Category: Residential
Location: Bernburg, Saxony-Anhalt

Added Feb 06, 2020

Soetern Cemetery

"On Pogrom Night...the cemetery was desecrated...Soetern’s Jewish cemetery was renovated in 1946 and desecrated in 2008." Esther Sarah Evans Copyright:...

Category: Cemetery
Location: Soetern (Sötern), Saarland

Added Feb 06, 2020

Soetern Synagogue

"Soetern’s modern Jewish community established...a synagogue (at 30 Hopstaedten) in 1840... On Pogrom Night, Jews were forced to destroy the...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Soetern (Sötern), Saarland

Added Feb 06, 2020

Soetern

First Jewish presence: early 17th century (possibly earlier); peak Jewish population: 233 in 1846; Jewish population in 1933: 9 Records...

Category: Residential
Location: Soetern (Sötern), Saarland

Added Feb 06, 2020

Sankt Wendel Synagogue

"[in] 1902... the community inaugurated a synagogue on Kelsweilerstrasse; the synagogue, which seated 84 men and 52 women, was renovated...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Sankt Wendel (Saint-Wendel, Basonvillare), Saarland

Added Feb 06, 2020

Sankt Wendel

First Jewish presence: 1358 (perhaps earlier); peak Jewish population: 143 in 1923; Jewish population in 1933: unknown (130 in 1932)...

Category: Residential
Location: Sankt Wendel (Saint-Wendel, Basonvillare), Saarland

Added Feb 06, 2020

Saarwellingen Cemetery

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

Category: Cemetery
Location: Saarwellingen (Wellingen, Sarrevailingue), Saarland

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...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Saarwellingen, Saarland

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...

Category: Residential
Location: Saarwellingen (Wellingen, Sarrevailingue), Saarland

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...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Saarlouis (Sarrelouis), Saarland

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...

Category: Residential
Location: Saarlouis (Sarrelouis), Saarland

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...

Category: Cemetery
Location: Saarbruecken (Saarbrücken, Sarrebruck, Saravipontum, Pons Saravi), Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Saarbruecken Oldest cemetery

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

Category: Cemetery
Location: Saarbruecken (Saarbrücken, Sarrebruck, Saravipontum, Pons Saravi), Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

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Jason Guberman-P., A social entrepreneur who specializes in building broad coalitions and melding intellectual and technical innovation, serves as founding Executive Director of Digital Heritage Mapping and is the coordinator of the Diarna Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life.

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