"In 1848, the Jewish community inaugurated a new synagogue, with 70 seats for men and 40 for women, on Normannengasse...Zuelpich’s mayor tried to buy the synagogue time before Pogrom Night began, but to no avail. After setting the building on fire, SA men smashed and burned (this was done on the street) its ritual objects and furniture;...A memorial plaque has been unveiled at the former synagogue site."
Svetlana Frank
Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany/ Germansynagogues.com

Notes

Sources: Führer durch die Jüdische Gemeindeverwaltung und Wohlfahrtspflege in Deutschland 1923-1933, Andreas Nachama, Simon Hermann [Eds.], [publisher] Edition Hentrich, 1995., 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.

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