Jewish Community Center Mönchengladbach

The reconstruction of Gladbach's Jewish community began as early as the summer of 1945. The driving force behind this was Kurt Hecht, who returned to his homeland after his imprisonment in a concentration camp in Mechelen and became chairman of the community for many years.

The Jewish community of Mönchengladbach today also includes the districts of Viersen, Erkelenz, Heinsberg and Grevenbroich. By the end of the 1960s, the community had grown to 120 people. Due to the influx of many Jews from the former Soviet territories in the 1990s, the community continued to grow. 

In 1967, a new community center with synagogue was opened and inaugurated in the immediate vicinity of the destroyed synagogue at Albertusstrasse 54. The architect was Helmut Goldschmidt. Due to the growing congregation, the Jewish community center was already becoming too small and the desire for new premises developed within the congregation. The community center was last extensively renovated in 2021. The solemn (re)inauguration took place in the presence of numerous guests of honor in September 2021.