"Later, in 1851, a new synagogue (renovated in 1923) was established at 13 Florinsmarkt; located in a complex of buildings known as the Buerresheimer Hof, the new synagogue housed the rabbi’s living quarters, the Jewish school and two health clinics...The synagogue’s interior was destroyed on Pogrom Night, as were ritual objects...The synagogue building—it was used by the municipality during the war—was destroyed during a wartime bombing raid. The building was later renovated as a library, in which a memorial room to Koblenz’s former Jewish community has been established."
Heike Zaun Goshen
Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany/ germansynagogues.bh.org.il

Notes

Sources: Alemannia Judaica, www.alemannia-judaica.de The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust, Shmuel Spector [Ed.], [publisher] Yad Vashem and the New York University Press, 2001., Führer durch die Jüdische Gemeindeverwaltung und Wohlfahrtspflege in Deutschland 1923-1933, Andreas Nachama, Simon Hermann [Eds.], [publisher] Edition Hentrich, 1995.

Have additional information, photos, connections, or other resources to contribute?

Help Us in the race against time to time document Jewish history!

Share