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Duderstadt

First Jewish presence: see below; peak Jewish population: 85 in 1900; Jewish population in 1933: 27 Although we do not...

Added Jan 27, 2020

Delmenhorst New synagogue

"A new synagogue was built in 1928...On Pogrom Night, Nazis burned down the synagogue...The remains of the synagogue (the new...

Added Jan 27, 2020

Dransfeld

First Jewish presence: 14th century; peak Jewish population: 111 in 1863; Jewish population in 1933: 40 The modern Jewish community...

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Delmenhorst Old Synagogue

"In 1838, this community established a synagogue—the building accommodated a prayer room, a schoolroom and an apartment for the teacher—on...

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Delmenhorst

First Jewish presence: 1695; peak Jewish population: 182 in 1925; Jewish population in 1933: unknown In 1838, this community established...

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Celle Synagogue

"In 1740, prayer rooms were replaced by a synagogue on Im Kreise (enlarged in 1883)... On Pogrom Night, the synagogue’s...

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Celle

First Jewish presence: late 17th century; peak Jewish population: approximately 100 in the late 19th century; Jewish population in 1933:...

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Burgdorf-Salzufflen New Synagogue

"In 1811, a new synagogue was erected on Poststrasse. The earliest record of a Jewish school is dated 1841; the...

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Burgdorf-Salzufflen Old Synagogue

"A 17th-century prayer room (it was later converted into a synagogue) on Braunschweiger/Knickstrasse was destroyed in a local fire in...

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Burgdorf-Salzufflen Cemetery

"In 1694, the community consecrated a cemetery on Am Finkenherd (present-day Uetzer Strasse)...Burgdorf ’s Jewish cemetery was closed in 1939."...

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Burgdorf-Salzufflen

First Jewish presence: 17th century; peak Jewish population: 114 in 1871; Jewish population in 1933: 37 The Jews of Burgdorf-Salzufflen...

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Bremke Synagogue

"In 1828, a Gentile resident of Bremke built a synagogue on his property (42 Heiligenstaedterstrasse); the Jewish community financed the...

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Bremke

First Jewish presence: 1727; peak Jewish population: 159 in 1852 (16.7% of the total population); Jewish population in 1933: 26...

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Bodenfelde-Uslar

First Jewish presence: 1403 (Uslar), 1689 (Bodenfelde); peak Jewish population: 35 in 1885 (Uslar), 45 in 1816 (Bodenfelde); Jewish population...

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Berne

First Jewish presence: 1790; peak Jewish population: 64 in 1873; Jewish; population in 1933: 14 By 1820, the Jewish community...

Added Jan 27, 2020

Bentheim (with Schuettorf and Gildehaus)

First Jewish presence: 14th century; peak Jewish population: 72 in 1905; Jewish population in 1933: 24 (see below) The Jewish...

Added Jan 27, 2020