Synagogue (Altenburg)

In the Middle Ages, a prayer room or synagogue was present (see above).  
The Jewish community of the 19th/20th century set up a prayer room for services. Since the 1920s, at the latest since 1931, it was located in the building Pauritzer Straße 54 (the address book of the city of 1931 calls here an "Israelite synagogue"). In this building was also the Jewish religious school.  
During the November pogrom of 1938, the building of the prayer hall and the Jewish school were broken into, the interior was smashed, the prayer books were shredded and the Torah scrolls were thrown into the street. 
On November 9, 1998, a memorial plaque was placed at the synagogue site with the text, "This is the place where the Jewish prayer hall was located. We commemorate here the Jewish citizens of our city. The poor are only seemingly forgotten. Their hope is not gone forever. Psalm 9:19." (the Psalm quote also in Hebrew). The building with the former prayer hall and the school has been demolished in the meantime with all neighboring houses on Pauritzer Straße; the area is being redeveloped.