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Nalbach

First Jewish presence: 1591; peak Jewish population: 68 in 1858; Jewish population in 1933: 24 (10 in Diefflen) The earliest...

Category: Residential
Location: Nalbach, Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Merzig Cemetery

"The town was home to a Jewish cemetery (consecrated before 1748 and enlarged in 1904 and again in 1910)...On Pogrom...

Category: Cemetery
Location: Merzig, Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Merzig Synagogue

"[The town was home] after 1842, to a synagogue on the corner of Rehstrasse and Neustrasse...On Pogrom Night, the synagogue...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Merzig, Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Merzig

First Jewish presence: 17th century; peak Jewish population: 223 in 1846; Jewish population in 1933: 200 Merzig authorities closed this...

Category: Residential
Location: Merzig, Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Illingen Synagogue

"The community consecrated...a new synagogue, with a schoolroom and an apartment for the teacher, in 1859 (at 11 Hauptstrasse)...On Pogrom...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Illingen, Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Illingen

First Jewish presence: 1717; peak Jewish population: 270 in 1910; Jewish population in 1933: 107 Illingen Jews were able to...

Category: Residential
Location: Illingen, Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Homburg/Saar Synagogue

"The community consecrated... a synagogue in 1862 (6 Kosterstrasse)...On Pogrom Night (November 1938), SS men demolished the synagogue’s interior and...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Homburg/Saar (Homburg, Humborch), Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Homburg/Saar

First Jewish presence: 1686; peak Jewish population: 281 in 1824; Jewish population in 1933: 163 Although the Jewish community of...

Category: Residential
Location: Homburg/Saar (Homburg, Humborch), Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Dillingen an der Saar

First Jewish presence: 1800; peak Jewish population: unknown; Jewish population in 1933: 135 The Jews of Dillingen belonged to the...

Category: Residential
Location: Dillingen an der Saar (Dillingen), Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Brotdorf Synagogue

"Brotdorf Jews maintained...beginning in 1854, a synagogue on 52-54 Hausbacher Strasse... On Pogrom Night, the synagogue’s interior was destroyed, after...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Brotdorf, Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Brotdorf

First Jewish presence: early 18th century; peak Jewish population: 75 in 1895; Jewish population in 1933: unknown (26 in 1932)...

Category: Residential
Location: Brotdorf, Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Bosen

First Jewish presence: 17th century; peak Jewish population: 143 in 1849; Jewish population in 1933: 41 The history of Jewish...

Category: Residential
Location: Bosen, Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Bettingen-Huettersdorf Synagogue

"The Huettersdorf-Lebach community maintained a synagogue in Huettersdorf, first mentioned in 1850...In violence that followed the return of the Saarland...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Bettingen-Huettersdorf (Hüttersdorf, Huettersdorf- Lebach), Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Bettingen-Huettersdorf

First Jewish presence: 1724; peak Jewish population: unknown; Jewish population in 1933: unknown (1935: 5 - Lebach, 26 - Bettingen,...

Category: Residential
Location: Bettingen-Huettersdorf (Hüttersdorf, Huettersdorf- Lebach), Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Wunstorf Old Synagogue

"The community maintained a synagogue on Nordstrasse... which was replaced in 1913." Heidemarie Wawrzyn Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A...

Category: Synagogue
Location: Wunstorf, Lower Saxony

Added Feb 05, 2020

Zeven

First Jewish presence: 1823; peak Jewish population: 22 in 1933 The Jewish community of Zeven, founded in 1842, included the...

Category: Residential
Location: Zeven, Lower Saxony

Added Feb 05, 2020

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