The synagogue in the Annaturmstraße in Euskirchen was inaugurated in 1856. The Jewish community had held its services in private houses before the synagogue was built.

Between 1806 and 1808, the Essen community grew rapidly and had a new synagogue built. By the end of the 1860s, the synagogue was already too small and the community decided to construct a new building on the same site. The synagogue was planned by the architect Edmund Körner and was intended to express the integration and recognition of the Jews in the Germany of the second empire. 

In 1987, the building was completely demolished after an arson attack accompanied by Nazi and anti-Semitic graffiti" (Brocke, Schwarz, 1999) The attack took place in February 1984. The Jewish community of Dusseldorf had previously declared: "In order to prevent any misuse, the demolition of the building would, in our opinion, be the best solution".