Beuel

Residential - Beuel, North Rhine-Westphalia

First Jewish presence: 1808; peak Jewish population: 182 in 1885; Jewish population in 1933: 133

Shortly after Jews came to Beuel in 1808, they established a synagogue on whose site all subsequent synagogues were built. The synagogue was renovated in 1824 and in 1847. In 1895, the community initiated a campaign to enlarge and modernize the synagogue. While the building was being torn down and rebuilt, the congregation conducted services at another location. The new synagogue was inaugurated in 1903; a large and beautiful structure, it featured huge stained glass windows and a dome that was visible from afar. On Pogrom Night, SS and SA troops (with the fire department standing by to protect neighboring homes) stormed and ransacked the synagogue. Before setting the building on fire, they doused the interior with kerosene. One home did catch fire, and the Jewish community was forced to pay for the damage. The building was demolished immediately after Pogrom Night. A memorial was later unveiled at the site, which is now a parking lot.

Moshe Finkel

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

Notes

Sources: Lexikon der jüdischen Gemeinde in Deutschen Sprachraum, Klaus Dieter-Alicke, [publisher] Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2008., Feuer in dein Heiligtum gelegt: Zerstörte Synagogen 1938 Nordrhein-Westfalen, Michael Brooke [Ed.], Meier Schwarz [foreword], [publisher] Kamp, 1999., Synagogen Internet Archiv, www.synagogen.info

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Date Added	Feb 10, 2020
Category	Residential
Country	DE
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
City	Beuel
Exhibits	Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany

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Beuel

First Jewish presence: 1808; peak Jewish population: 182 in 1885; Jewish population in 1933: 133

Moshe Finkel

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

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