Prayer room of the Israelite Association

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An actual synagogue did not exist. From 1901 to 1925 there was a prayer room of the "Israelitische Vereinigung" on the upper floor of the house of the "Bürgerverein" (after 1945: "Volkshaus"). The building in which the prayer room was located was demolished in 1993. The Apolda town hall was built on the site. After the mid-1920s, there was no longer any organized Jewish community life in Apolda.

Residential and commercial building of the Neumann family

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The Neumann family lived here between 1914 and 1938: Mechel Leib, Julie (née Krauser) and Michael Nathan Chaim. Mechel Neumann ran until the "Aryanization" in 1938 a store for haberdashery, gallantry and white goods, finery and pictures (from 1928) and wall clocks (from 1931). 

In addition, Samuel "Sally" Rotenberg operated a store for men's clothing, tailoring, and advertising signs (from 1935) from 1924 to 1938.

Residence of the Rosenberg and Freilich families

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The Rosenberg couple (Siegmund and Adele, née Skolny) lived here in 1942. In 1943, the couple Freilich (Bernhard and Sophie, née Felsen) lived here. Between 1942 and 1944, the Jewish residents who remained until then were deported: on May 10, 1942, 17 people to the Bezlyce (Poland) ghetto, 41 more people the same year (all 58 were murdered), in 1943 and 1944, eleven people to the Auschwitz concentration camp and five to the Theresienstadt ghetto. According to the Altenburg historian Christian Repkewitz, the house was not a state-imposed  "Judenhaus". 

Residence of the Wandstein family

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The house Johannisstraße 5/6 (former inn "Schwarzer Bär") belonged to the department store M. & S. Cohn until the "Aryanization". Albert Levy as manager had bought the property. From 1935-1942 the Wandstein couple lived there with their two children. In 1942 the family were deported to Belzyce. In front of the house Stolpersteine commemorate their fate.  

 

 

Residence of the Oronowicz family

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This is where the Oronowicz family lived from 1921 to 1942. Between 1942 and 1944, the Jewish residents of Altenburg who remained until then were deported: on May 10, 1942, 17 people to the Bezlyce (Poland) ghetto; in the same year, 41 more people (all 58 were murdered); in 1943 and 1944, eleven people to the Auschwitz concentration camp and five to the Theresienstadt ghetto. "Of the Oronowicz family, only father Markus and daughter Charlotte survived. The other family members are dedicated "Stolpersteine" in front of the house," writes Christian Repkewitz.  

Residential and commercial building of the Freilich family

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From 1925 to 1942 the Freilich family lived here: the couple Bernhard and Sophie (née Gelobter) and the children Felix (until 1936), Sala (until 1938) and Max (until 1938). From 1924 until the "Aryanization" in 1938, Bernhard Breilich had his store for hides, skins, game goods, pictures (1925-1930) and fur goods (from 1930) here.