Synagogue (Steele)
The Steeler Synagogue was a Jewish sacred building in Steele , a district of Essen since 1929 . Consecrated in 1883, it was destroyed during the November pogroms in 1938 .
history
There is evidence of Jewish life in Steele as early as 1491, at that time under the rule of the Essen monastery . 100 years before the synagogue was built in 1883, a new self-image grew in the Jewish community.
The Steeler Synagogue was consecrated on September 14, 1883 by the 183 Jews living in the parish of Steele at the time. There was a Jewish elementary school in the immediate vicinity.
In the National Socialist German Reich , the Jewish fellow citizens were gradually deprived of their rights and plundered. Finally, on the night of the pogrom from November 9th to 10th, 1938 , the National Socialists set fire to the Steeler synagogue and desecrated it. Shortly afterwards, the heavily damaged building of the synagogue, as well as the nearby Jewish elementary school, were finally demolished. With the deportation of Steeler Jews between 1941 and 1943, mostly from the barracks at the nearby Holbecks Hof on the site of the former Johann Deimelsberg colliery , opposite the confluence of the Aronweg, Jewish life in the city ended. The targets were mostly extermination camps in Izbica and Theresienstadt .
Current situation
A relief plaque commemorates the Steeler Synagogue today. It is attached to the wall of the house at Isinger Gate No. 4. The floor plans of the former synagogue are drawn in the shape of different colored paving stones in the parking lot at Isinger Tor.
literature
- Ingrid Niemann, Ludger Hülskemper-Niemann: From the letter of safe conduct to the yellow star. 450 years of Jewish life in Steele. Klartext-Verlag, Essen 1994, ISBN 3-88474-190-X / ISBN 978-3-88474-190-0 .
See also
- List of synagogues destroyed in the German Reich from 1933 to 1945
- List of sacred buildings in Essen
Coordinates: 51 ° 26 '55 " N , 7 ° 4' 38.6" E