Lemgo Synagogue

Synagogue - Lemgo (Lemge, Lemje), North Rhine-Westphalia

"[Lemgo saw] the establishment, in 1883, of a synagogue on Neue Strasse... On Pogrom Night, the synagogue was set on fire... A commemorative stone and a memorial were unveiled at the synagogue site in 1963 and 1987, respectively."

Nurit Borut

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., “...dennoch Menschen von Gott erschaffen.” Die jüdische Minderheit in Lippe von den Anfängen bis zur Vernichtung, Dina van Faassen, Jürgen Hartmann [Eds.], [publisher] Bielefeld Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, 1991., PK Pinkas HaKehillot Germania/ פנקס הקהילות גרמניה (Hebrew), [published by] Yad Vashem, 1992: North West Germany

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Date Added	Feb 26, 2020
Category	Synagogue
Country	DE
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
City	Lemgo (Lemge, Lemje)
Exhibits	Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany

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Lemgo Synagogue

Nurit Borut

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

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