Wolfenbuettel Old Synagogue

Synagogue - Wolfenbuettel (Wolfenbüttel), Lower Saxony

"From 1781 until 1893, Wolfenbuettel was home to an 80- seat synagogue at 12 Harzstrasse. The synagogue had been founded by Samuel Gumpel... In 1986, the citizens of Wolfenbuettel prevented the new owner of the older synagogue from renovating the building for his own purposes."
Esther Sarah Evans
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.

Details

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

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