Synagogue and Community Centre - Essen, Germany
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member g300td
N 51° 26.841 E 007° 01.482
32U E 362737 N 5701424
The synagogue in the southeastern part of the town.
Waymark Code: WMNE6R
Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date Posted: 02/26/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Tante.Hossi
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1945 holocaust survivors founded a new Jewish community in Essen.
The grounbreaking ceremony for the new synagogue in Sedanstraße took place on 7/24/1958. This is the place where the former youth centre had been destroyed by the Nazis in the Progromnacht 1938.
The architects Dieter Knoblauch and Heinz Heise finished the building on 10/21/1959.
This synagogue is a monument since 12/9/1999.
Status: Active house of prayer

Denomination/Group: Other

Address:
Sedanstraße 46/Ruhralle/Saarbrücker Straße
Essen, Germany

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