House Wolfenstein - Synagogue Berlin Düppelstraße (district Steglitz)

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The House-Wolfenstein, also called Synagogue-Steglitz, was built in 1897 by Moses Wolfenstein, a Jewish merchant and property owner of Düppelstraße 41 in Steglitz, from former stables. The "Religiöse Verein jüdischer Glaubensgenossen zu Steglitz" used the synagogue for its services in 1897. Before that, other locations such as the Schlosspark restaurant were used for services. When Moses Wolfenstein died on April 8, 1907, the psychiatrist James Fraenkel took over the presidency of the congregation.

Former synagogue Sukkat Shalom

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From 1945 to 1994, there was an interfaith facility for Christian and Jewish soldiers* in the US Army called Chaplain Center. The first location was Unter den Eichen 78-79 and in 1957 the Jewish community moved to Hüttenweg. There, the congregation shared space with two other Christian congregations. This worked by the different congregations meeting once a month and discussing when who could use the rooms. This was reported by Rabbi Prof. Dr. Andreas Nachama in an interview on August 08, 2019.

Cemetery Wesel Ostglacis

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In 1880, the cemetery on the East Glacis was purchased. Burials took place from 1881 to 1983.

The cemetery is surrounded by a wall, today there are still about 170 stones on the area. This cemetery was considerably devastated between 1933 and 1945 and gradually restored in recent decades.

In contrast to the "old" cemetery at the Esplanade, the gravestones look rather uniform, almost unadorned and unprosaic. There are many lying gravestones.

Wesel

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Documents about Jewish life in Wesel are found for the first time for the year 1266. Through the persecutions in the context of the Crusades to the plague pogroms around 1350, only individual Jewish families in Wesel can be traced.
. A modest Jewish community had emerged toward the end of the 16th century, and a century later a significant and successful community had developed. Around the year 1900, the maximum number of Jewish citizens was 300 people. They played a significant role in the economic life.