Hessloch Synagogue

Synagogue - Hessloch (Heßloch), Rhineland-Palatinate

"When, in 1826, a new synagogue (the building also housed a mikveh) was opened at 1 Sackgasse, the old synagogue was converted into a community hall. The Sackgasse synagogue was renovated in 1925... On Pogrom Night, rioters vandalized the synagogue and destroyed its interior. Sold to the local council in 1939, the building passed into private ownership in 1942...The synagogue was later converted into a storage room. In 1986, a commemorative plaque was affixed to the former community hall, opposite the synagogue site."

Heidemarie Wawrzyn

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

Notes

Sources:Alemannia Judaica, www.alemannia-judaica.de Die jüdischen Gemeinden in Hessen, Paul Arnsberg, [publisher] Eduard Roether Verlag, 1973., The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust, Shmuel Spector [Ed.], [publisher] Yad Vashem and the New York University Press, 2001., International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies, www.iajgs.org, PK BAV, Pinkas HaKehillot Germania/ פנקס הקהילות גרמניה (Hebrew), [published by] Yad Vashem, 1992: Hesse,Hesse-Nassau, Frankfurt , “und dies ist die Pforte des Himmels”: Synagogen Rheinland-Pfalz/Saarland, Will Schmid, Stefan Fischbach and Ingrid Westerhoff [Eds.], publication initiated by Joachim Glatz and Meier Schwarz, [publisher] Phillipp Von Zabern, 2005., Synagogen Internet Archiv, www.synagogen.info

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Date Added	Apr 21, 2020
Category	Synagogue
Country	DE
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
City	Hessloch (Heßloch)
Exhibits	Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany

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Hessloch Synagogue

Heidemarie Wawrzyn

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

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