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Bad Segeberg

First Jewish presence: 1739; peak Jewish population: 91 in 1871; Jewish population in 1933: 20 The community established a prayer...

Added Jan 23, 2020

Goerlitz

First Jewish presence: 13th century; peak Jewish population: 691 in 1885; Jewish population in 1933: 376 Records suggest that the...

Added Jan 23, 2020

Dresden

First Jewish presence: 11th or 12th century; peak Jewish population: 5,120 in 1925; Jewish population in 1933: 4,675 (0.7% of...

Added Jan 23, 2020

Chemnitz

First Jewish presence: 1357; peak Jewish population: 3,500 in 1925; Jewish population in 1933: 2,387 The earliest available record of...

Added Jan 23, 2020

Bautzen

First Jewish presence: 14th century; peak Jewish population: 100 in 1925; Jewish population in 1933: 73 The history of Jewish...

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Annaberg

First Jewish presence: 1839; peak Jewish population: 147 in 1907; Jewish population in 1933: 58 Beginning in 1554, Jews were...

Added Jan 23, 2020

Aumund-Vegesack

First Jewish presence: 18th century; peak Jewish population: 150 in 1921; Jewish population in 1933: approximately 110. Most Aumund Jews...

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Tifereth Yisroel

Pogrom Night 1938: prayer room was looted and desecrated. After 1938: building remained intact. Other information: library. Copyright: Pogrom Night...

Added Jan 23, 2020

Ohel Yitzchak Synagogue

Founded: 1877 in Oranienburger Vorstadt district. Last rabbi: Kurt Klappholz (1937-1938). Pogrom Night 1938: destroyed. Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 -...

Added Jan 23, 2020

Luetzowstrasse Synagogue

Founded / inaugurated: September 11, 1889 Pogrom Night 1938: slightly damaged. After 1938: in use until April 24, 1940. Other...

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Karlshorst Israelite Association

Founded: 1935. Pogrom Night 1938: prayer room destroyed. Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of...

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Jewish Reform Community’s Synagogue Association

Founded: 1845; inauguration: 1854. Last rabbi: Max Koppel. Pogrom Night 1938: damaged. After 1938: in use until 1942. Other information:...

Added Jan 23, 2020

Jewish Old-Age Home

Founded: 1931. Pogrom Night 1938: partially damaged. After 1938: assembly point for deportations in 1941/42. Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 -...

Added Jan 23, 2020

Synagogue of the Jewish Religious Association of Friedenau-Steglitz and the Southwestern Suburbs

This synagogue association was founded in 1911. Prior to moving to an apartment at 21 Stierstrasse, the congregation conducted services...

Added Jan 23, 2020

Jewish Home for the Blind

Founded/move-in: 1906. Pogrom Night 1938: interior vandalized. After 1938: in use until 1941; Gestapo office after 1942; Other information: memorial...

Added Jan 23, 2020

Frankfurter Allee Prayer Room

Founded: 1905. Pogrom Night 1938: interior damaged; room closed. Other information: torn down in the 1950s. Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938...

Added Jan 23, 2020