Langerwehe

Residential - Langerwehe, North Rhine-Westphalia

First Jewish presence: 17th century; peak Jewish population: 57 in 1895; Jewish population in 1933: 46

The Jews of Langerwehe conducted religious services in the community shochet’s home at 123 Hauptstrasse; in 1874, the house was enlarged to accommodate a modest synagogue with a women’s balcony and separate entrances for men and women. A Jewish cemetery was located on the outskirts of town. The Langerwehe Jews belonged to the regional Jewish community of Dueren. Jews from nearby towns attended the Hauptstrasse synagogue, and in 1828 Langerwehe became Dueren’s largest Jewish congregation. In Langerwehe, local Jews were known for organizing charitable activities that benefited the entire town. On Pogrom Night, rioters destroyed the synagogue’s interior, tearing down the gallery and looting furniture and its other contents. The building was forcibly sold a few months after the pogrom; destroyed by artillery fire during the war, it was later rebuilt. At least 22 Langerwehe Jews perished in the camps. A memorial plaque was unveiled in the town in 1999.

Ruth Martina Trucks

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

Notes

Sources: The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust, Shmuel Spector [Ed.], [publisher] Yad Vashem and the New York University Press, 2001., 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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Date Added	Feb 26, 2020
Category	Residential
Country	DE
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
City	Langerwehe
Exhibits	Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany

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Langerwehe

First Jewish presence: 17th century; peak Jewish population: 57 in 1895; Jewish population in 1933: 46

Ruth Martina Trucks

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

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