On 28.8.1939, the Jewish School moved with the remaining twelve pupils* to a tiny room at Kurwickstraße 5. This building also housed the Jewish Community Center and a room that was to function as an improvised synagogue. On Dec. 19, 1939, the school moved to Staulinie 17, the last location before its dissolution in April 1940.

The former Jewish school carried out several changes of location during its existence: After the locations in Peterstraße 6 and in Nordstraße 2 Alteneschstraße 15 (former Catholic school) followed as the seat of the Jewish school in Oldenburg. In July 1939, the decree was announced that all public Jewish schools were to be dissolved. Nevertheless, the Jews had to provide for the education of their children, but from now on in the form of private schools. The state was no longer willing to pay for the education of Jewish children.

„There was this elephant in the room that nobody ever talked about“ (“There was this elephant in the room that nobody ever talked about.), Martin Goldschmidt – son of Günther Goldschmidt and author of the book „Die unausl;schliche Symphonie“ – metaphorically describes the guilt his parents felt as ¨survivors toward the victims of National Socialism.

Former cattle meadow of the Lazarus family.

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The synagogue at Peterstraße 6 in Oldenburg was built in 1854. It was directly connected with the Jewish elementary school (elementary school) and associated teachers' apartments. The official dedication of the synagogue took place on August 24, 1855. State Rabbi Bernhard Wechsler (born 1807-1874) delivered a very impressive sermon. Grand Duke Nikolaus Friedrich Peter (b. 1827-1900) and Grand Duchess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (b. 1826-1896) were present.

Since the Old Jüdische Friedhof an der Dedestraße was closed, only this cemetery is still used by the community.

In 1814, a plot of land was purchased by the Jewish community and a cemetery was built on it.

In 1917, the Land Rabbi Dr. David Mannheimer suggested the construction of a mourning hall. Initially, the legacy of the Zwischenahn Jewess Emilie Cohn (1844-1917) was to be used for the construction. Later, community member Leo Leiser Trommer donated the hall in honor of his deceased son (Arthur Trommer). On May 1, 1921, the mourning hall was ceremonially opened.