Kasernenstraße
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany
The Düsseldorf Jewish community was able to inaugurate the synagogue in Kasernenstraße as early as 1787. However, it proved to be too small within a short time. Since the Jewish community was put on an equal footing with the rest of the city's population in political terms in the middle of the 19th century, the synagogue community officially came into being and work began on erecting a new building for the synagogue on the same site.
The inauguration took place in 1904. The synagogue was designed in the neo-Romanesque style and included a foyer, checkroom, toilets, a rabbi s and cantor's room, as well as a mikvah (ritual immersion bath). The building looked very representative with its domes and side towers. The synagogue had room for more than 1,000 worshippers and services were held according to liberal rites.
On August 11, 1929, the wall of the synagogue was desecrated with the inscription "Jud verrecke". On the night of November 10, 1938, it was again desecrated and set on fire, and on November 29 of the same year its ruins were demolished.
On the site of the synagogue today there is a publishing building and a memorial plaque.
