Synagogue Grötzingen (Karlsruhe)

View of the synagogue from behind: in the foreground the annex with the classroom (1898/99)

Memorial stele at the site of the synagogue on Krummen Strasse

The synagogue in Grötzingen , a district of Karlsruhe in the north of Baden-Württemberg , was built in 1799 and rebuilt in 1898/99. The synagogue at Synagogenstrasse 15 (today Krumme Strasse) was destroyed in the November pogrom in 1938 .

history

After the National Socialist seizure of power in 1934 Synagogenstrasse was renamed Krumme Strasse . The synagogue was destroyed during the November pogroms in 1938 and demolished in early 1939.

Commemoration

Since 1983 a memorial stele on the synagogue site has been commemorating the fate of the Jewish community in Grötzingen.

See also

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

literature

• Joachim Hahn and Jürgen Krüger : Synagogues in Baden-Württemberg . Volume 2: Joachim Hahn: Places and Facilities . Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1843-5 , pp. 232-235 ( Memorial book of the synagogues in Germany . Volume 4).

Web links

Commons : Synagoge Grötzingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Synagogue in Grötzingen near Alemannia Judaica

Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 27.3 "  N , 8 ° 29 ′ 50.5"  E