Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany

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A Beitenu: Atlas of Jewish Life digital rendering of the sites documented in "Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany" and germansynagogues.bh.org.il

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Speyer New Synagogue

"On June 24, 1837, the community inaugurated a synagogue (on the former St. Jakobskapelle) whose premises included a mikveh (closed...

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Tilsit

First Jewish presence: 1811; peak Jewish population: approximately 800 in 1928; Jewish population in 1933: approximately 640 In early 1840,...

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Stallupoenen

First Jewish presence: unknown; peak Jewish population: 132 in 1880; Jewish population in 1933: 48 The Jewish community of Stallupoenen...

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Insterburg

First Jewish presence: 1834; peak Jewish population: 363 in 1880; Jewish population in 1933: 275 The Jews of Insterburg (present-day...

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Eydtkuhnen

First Jewish presence: early 1800s; peak Jewish population: 350 in 1880; Jewish population in 1933: under 90 Eydtkuhnen (present-day Chernyshevkoye,...

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Wormditt

First Jewish presence: in or around the year 1800; peak Jewish population: 174 in 1871; Jewish population in 1933: 45...

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Treuburg

First Jewish presence: unknown; peak Jewish population: 103 in 1880; Jewish population in 1933: unknown In 1840, the Jewish community...

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Saalfeld

First Jewish presence: unknown; peak Jewish population: 80 in 1880; Jewish population in 1933: 50 The Jewish community of Saalfeld...

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Preussisch-Holland

First Jewish presence: 1812; peak Jewish population: approximately 180 in 1870-1880; Jewish population in 1933: 60 Jews settled in Preussisch-Holland...

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Osterode

First Jewish presence: 1707 (possibly earlier); peak Jewish population: unclear; Jewish population in 1933: 123 The Jewish community of Osterode...

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Ortelsburg

First Jewish presence: 1768; peak Jewish population: 199 in 1871; Jewish population in 1933: approximately 120 The history of Jewish...

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Neidenburg

First Jewish presence: unknown; peak Jewish population: 141 in 1871; Jewish population in 1933: 125 The Jewish community of Neidenburg...

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Mehlsack

First Jewish presence: 1832; peak Jewish population: 129 in 1871; Jewish population in 1933: five families Mehlsack, originally in East...

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Lyck

First Jewish presence: 1715; peak Jewish population: 190 in 1920; Jewish population in 1933: 37 Although Jews settled in Lyck...

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Loetzen

First Jewish presence: Middle Ages; peak Jewish population: 172 in 1873; Jewish population in 1933: 73 It was in 1813,...

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Heilsberg

First Jewish presence: 1728; peak Jewish population: 164 in 1871; Jewish population in 1933: 34 Records do not tell us...

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