Grindelviertel in Hamburg

The Grindelviertel developed into the Jewish center of Hamburg in the 19th century. Several institutions such as synagogues, Talmud Torah schools and cemeteries for German-Israelite or Portuguese-Sephardic communities led to a strong growth of the Jewish population in Hamburg. At the time of National Socialism, approximately 25,000 Jews lived here. During the Reich Pogrom Night in 1938, most of the synagogues and community facilities were destroyed. From 1941, the remaining Jews who had not managed to escape were deported to Eastern Europe and murdered there. Starting in 1942, Jews were forced to move out of their apartments to Dillstraße 15. The assembly point for the deportations was located on Moorweidenstraße between the main building of the university and the Carl von Ossietzky State and University Library and is today called Platz der Jüdischen Deportierten (Square of Jewish Deportees)

Even today, the Grindelviertel is a popular Jewish residential area with about 4,000 Jews. Facilities such as the Jewish salon and Café Leonar provide cultural exchange and Middle Eastern culinary delights.