Hoengen

Residential - Hoengen, North Rhine-Westphalia

First Jewish presence: 18th century; peak Jewish population: unknown; Jewish population in 1933: unknown

Records indicate that Jews settled in the village of Hoengen in the mid-18th century. Always small, the community numbered approximately 60 members in years 1850 to 1900. Although Hoengen Jews were able to maintain a prayer room on Juffergasse, they attended High Holiday services in the Langweiler synagogue until September 1926, when a synagogue—the building was made of light gray sandstone—was inaugurated in Hoengen at 38 Schillerstrasse. We also know that a shochet served the community. On Pogrom Night (November 9, 1938), several local residents participated in the desecration of the synagogue, after which the building was burned down. At least 27 Hoengen Jews were murdered in the Shoah. A memorial stone, unveiled in Hoengen in 1987, commemorates the destroyed synagogue.

Heidemarie Wawrzyn

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

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Sources: Lexikon der jüdischen Gemeinde in Deutschen Sprachraum, Klaus Dieter-Alicke, [publisher] Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2008., Synagogen Internet Archiv, www.synagogen.info , The Sovereigns: a Jewish family in the German Countryside, Eric Lucas, [publisher] Northwestern University Press, 2001., Yad Vashem’s Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names, www.yadvashem.org/wps/portal/IY_HON_Entrance

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Date Added	Feb 21, 2020
Category	Residential
Country	DE
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
City	Hoengen
Exhibits	Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany

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Hoengen

First Jewish presence: 18th century; peak Jewish population: unknown; Jewish population in 1933: unknown

Heidemarie Wawrzyn

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

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