Datteln Synagogue

Synagogue - Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia

"In 1912, Datteln’s Jews purchased a plot of land on the corner of Marktstrasse and Tuerkenstrasse (today 1 Tuerkenort); a small synagogue was built there in 1929. The one-story building contained two rooms; the prayer room seated approximately 40 persons. Rabbi Dr. Steinthal led the synagogue’s inauguration ceremony on December 16, 1929...On October 23, 1938, the Datteln Jews held the last prayer service in their synagogue; the building was sold in November... There are conflicting reports as to whether the synagogue was the target of Pogrom Night violence. Attacks reportedly took place there on the night of November 10- 11 when, presumably, an attempt was made to burn down the building... The former synagogue was turned into a residence in 1948. Before it was demolished in 1984, the building had also functioned as a store house and a garage. As of this writing, no memorial plaque has been erected on the site. "

Bronagh Bowerman

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

Notes

Sources: Zentral Archiv zur Erforschung der Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland, Heidelberg University at: www.zentralarchiv.uni-hd.de 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 , Yad Vashem’s Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names, www.yadvashem.org/wps/portal/IY_HON_Entrance

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Date Added	Feb 12, 2020
Category	Synagogue
Country	DE
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
City	Datteln
Exhibits	Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany

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Datteln Synagogue

Bronagh Bowerman

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

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