Jewish Community

According to a report by the Jewish Relief Unit, only three German-Jewish families lived in Goslar in the first months after the war. This changed in the late summer of 1945 with the arrival of mostly Eastern European Jews, so that the Jewish community already numbered 157 people in September.

With the consecration of the new synagogue and the opening of the modern community center, a new stage of development began in the history of the community, which played and continues to play a decisive role in the lengthy integration process of the many new members from the countries of the former Soviet Union.

Leo Neumann was born on January 7, 1895 in Mikstadt (Mixstadt, formerly Schildberg district, Posen province) in Poland; his parents were the merchant Abraham Neumann and Charlotte Neumann. On August 26, 1919, Leo Neumann married Berta  Leppek, who was born there on September 14, 1895, in Kobylin. Her parents were the teacher Isidor Leppek and Jette Leppek, née Baruch. Leo and Berta Neumann had three children - Charlotte, born on June 20, 1920 in Schwersenz, Herta, born on June 13, 1922 in Berlin and Jost Joachim, born on September 3, 1925 in Feuchtwangen.

The Jüdische Gemeinde Hildesheim e.V. was founded on January 25, 1997. It is a member of the Landesverband der Jüdischen Gemeinden von Niedersachsen K.d.ö.R.

On 10 November 2009, the liberal community was able to inaugurate its synagogue with a community center.