Wilhelmshaven Synagogue

"In 1915, local Jews replaced their prayer room with a synagogue on the corner of Boersenstrasse and Parkstrasse; the building also housed a mikveh and a school, whose teacher not only performed the duties of shochet and chazzan, but also served as chaplain to Jewish sailors... Members of various Nazi organizations set fire to the synagogue; the building burned down completely, after which the surrounding walls were blown up and the ritual objects were put on display in the street...The former synagogue site became a memorial in the 1970s; in 1980, a plaque was unveiled there."

Heike Zaun Goshen

Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany/ Germansynagogues.com

Notes

Sources: Ashkenaz House, www.ashkenazhouse.org/synagogue-main.htm Alemannia Judaica, www.alemannia-judaica.de The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust, Shmuel Spector [Ed.], [publisher] Yad Vashem and the New York University Press, 2001.

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Date Added	Feb 04, 2020
Category	Synagogue
Country	DE
State	Lower Saxony
City	Wilhelmshaven
Exhibits	Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany

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Wilhelmshaven Synagogue

Heike Zaun Goshen

Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany/ Germansynagogues.com

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