List of former East Frisian synagogues

Places with Jewish communities in East Frisia before 1938

Of the twelve synagogues that were located in East Frisia , only a few were able to escape destruction by the National Socialists during the November pogroms in 1938 . The preserved houses of worship are mostly buildings that had previously been abandoned by their communities or whose destruction was not carried out or only incompletely due to the proximity to neighboring houses.

The following list shows the destroyed buildings of former synagogues in East Friesland as well as those used for other purposes today.

Place, synagogue	local community	Establishment	Remarks
Aurich , Aurich synagogue	Aurich Jewish community	1810/11	On November 9, 1938 destroyed
Bunde , Synagogue Bunde	Bunde Jewish Community	Around 1846	Sold to a merchant in July 1938. The building is still standing today, but due to extensive renovation work it can no longer be recognized as a synagogue.
Dornum , Synagogue Dornum	Dornum Jewish community	Around 1846	Sold to a local master carpenter on November 7, 1938 for 600 Reichsmarks. The synagogue was restored to its original state in the 1980s and now serves as a Jewish museum.
Emden , Emden synagogue	Jewish community of Emden	Around 1836	On November 9, 1938 destroyed. The first synagogue in Emden has probably existed since the 16th century on Sandpfad No. 5, today's Bollwerkstraße. This was closed by the Emden magistrate due to dilapidation. In its place, the community built a large synagogue in 1836, which was expanded in 1910. See also the article Synagoge Emden
Esens , synagogue (Esens)	Jewish community in Esen	Around 1827	On November 9, 1938 destroyed. Today used as a garage.
Jemgum , Jemgum Synagogue	Jemgum Jewish Community	Around 1809	The Jemgum synagogue has not been used since 1917 at the latest, and local Jews took part in services on major holidays in Leer or Weener. The synagogue was repeatedly mentioned in reports up to 1930 as being in disrepair.
Leer , synagogue (Leer)	Jewish community in Leer		On November 9, 1938 destroyed.
Neustadtgödens , Neustadtgödens synagogue	Jewish community of Neustadtgödens	1852	Sold on June 27, 1938 to a private person from Wilhelmshaven, who set up a paint store there. This building was preserved. Since the administrative reform in 1976, Neustadtgödens no longer belongs administratively to East Friesland, but to the district of Friesland .
North , Synagogue (North (East Friesland))	Jewish community north	1802	On November 9, 1938 destroyed.
Norderney , Synagogue (Norderney)	Branch of the North Jewish Community , see also History of the Jews on Norderney	1878	Sold on July 11, 1938 to a Norderneyer hardware dealer for 3500 Reichsmarks. Today used as a restaurant.
Weener , synagogue (Weener)	Weener Jewish Community	1828/29	On November 9, 1938 destroyed. The former location of the synagogue is marked on the Deutsche Bank parking lot in Westerstrasse.
Wittmund , synagogue (Wittmund)	Wittmund Jewish community	1910/11	Sold by the Jewish community to a merchant in June 1938 for demolition.

literature

Heike Düselder (adaptation), Hans P Klausch (adaptation), Albrecht Eckhardt, Jan Lokers, Matthias Nistal: Sources on the history and culture of Judaism in western Lower Saxony from the 16th century to 1945 . Part 1. East Frisia. A relevant inventory. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2002, ISBN 3-525-35537-8
Herbert Reyer (arr.): The end of the Jews in East Frisia. Catalog for the exhibition of the East Frisian landscape on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Kristallnacht . Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1988. ISBN 3-925365-41-9
Herbert Reyer, Martin Tielke (ed.): Frisia Judaica. Contributions to the history of the Jews in East Frisia . East Frisian Landscape, Aurich 1988, ISBN 3-925365-40-0
Herbert Obenaus (Ed.): Historical manual of the Jewish communities in Lower Saxony and Bremen . Wallstein, Göttingen 2005, ISBN 3-89244-753-5

List of former East Frisian synagogues

See also

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