Synagogue (Bensheim)

Synagogue in Bensheim (around 1900)

The synagogue after the November pogrom in 1938

The synagogue in Bensheim , a town in the Bergstrasse district in Hesse , was built in 1891/92. The synagogue was located at Schönberger Strasse 14, today's Nibelungenstrasse.

history

During the November pogrom of 1938 , the synagogue was destroyed by members of the Bensheim SS early in the morning of November 10th. The doors to the synagogue were smashed and then the furniture was set on fire. The fire ruins were removed a little later.

Commemoration

Since 1971 a memorial plaque has been commemorating the destruction at the former synagogue site . In 1995 a new memorial was created. The memorial was redesigned again in 2000.

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  ground floor

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  First floor

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  Side view

See also

• List of synagogues destroyed in the German Reich from 1933 to 1945

literature

• Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 1: Aach - Groß-Bieberau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08077-2 ( online edition ).

Web links

Commons : Synagoge (Bensheim)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Synagogue in Bensheim near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)

Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′ 56.9 "  N , 8 ° 37 ′ 28.2"  E