Speyer New Synagogue

Synagogue - Speyer (Speier, Spire, Spires, שפיירא, שפייר ), Rhineland-Palatinate

"On June 24, 1837, the community inaugurated a synagogue (on the former St. Jakobskapelle) whose premises included a mikveh (closed in 1875) and a school; the house of worship was enlarged in 1866 and renovated in 1893 and again in 1913...On Pogrom Night, rioters burned down the synagogue building, but not before stealing valuable rugs and ritual objects...A memorial designed by Ludwig Kern commemorates the destroyed synagogue."

Yaakov Borut

Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany/ germansynagogues.bh.org.il

Notes

Sources: Alemannia Judaica, www.alemannia-judaica.de Geschichte der Juden in Speyer, Bezirksgruppe Speyer des Historischen Vereins der Pfalz, 1981., The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust, Shmuel Spector [Ed.], Yad Vashem and the New York University Press, 2001. www.jgs-online.de/html/geschichte.html

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Date Added	May 20, 2020
Category	Synagogue
Country
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
City	Speyer (Speier, Spire, Spires, שפיירא, שפייר )
Exhibits	Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany

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Speyer New Synagogue

Yaakov Borut

Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany/ germansynagogues.bh.org.il

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