Sinzenich Synagogue

Synagogue - Sinzenich, North Rhine-Westphalia

The Jews of Sinzenich conducted services in a prayer room until 1869, when a synagogue was established at 12 Am Bach; it is assumed that the kosher slaughterhouse was located in the same building... Although the exact size of the Jewish community of 1933 is not known, the fact that the synagogue was still in use suggests that the Jewish population was considerable. The synagogue [was]... looted on Pogrom Night; prayer books were thrown into the river... and we also know that an attempt, ultimately unsuccessful, was made to burn down the synagogue...The synagogue building is now a private residence. "

Benjamin Rosendahl

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

Notes

Sources: Feuer in dein Heiligtum gelegt: Zerstörte Synagogen 1938 Nordrhein-Westfalen, Michael Brooke [Ed.], Meier Schwarz [foreword], [publisher] Kamp, 1999., Yad Vashem’s Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names, www.yadvashem.org/wps/portal/IY_HON_Entrance www.hans-dieter-arntz.de

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Date Added	Mar 25, 2020
Category	Synagogue
Country	DE
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
City	Sinzenich
Exhibits	Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany

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Sinzenich Synagogue

Benjamin Rosendahl

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

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