Prayer Room

Reicher Synagogue (prayer house)

Synagoga Reicherów (ul. Południowa 28; ob. ul. Rewolucji 1905 roku 28.)

The private synagogue of the Reicher family is the only synagogue in Łódź that survived the II. It is located in the second backyard of a tenement building at Rewolucji 1905 r. 28. Wolf Reicher übefitted the building to a friendly German business partner. By the Übereignung, hidden Gebäudelage as well as war turmoil could the prayer house the German Nazi occupation time as salt store üüberdauern.

Already in 1787 there was a prayer hall in Mauristra;e. In 1859 the synagogue was consecrated here. In 1938 the interior of the synagogue was damaged and destroyed during the November pogrom. Since there was a gasoline depot near the building, the synagogue was not set on fire. Non-Jewish residents feared for the safety of their own homes. After the pogrom, the synagogue was taken out of the possession of the Jewish community and from 1939 was used as accommodation for Polish and Russian prisoners of war. After 1945, the building became private property and was used as a storage shed.

In the available literature there are references to the existence of Betsälen before the 19th century. Here, however, neither a more precise chronological classification nor a localization is possible. In 1818 the synagogue was established in the rear building of Burgstra&szlig 31. In the course of the 19th century, the number of Jewish residents in Wevelinghoven remained constant. After the anti-Jewish riots in the wake of the so-called Xanten ritual murder affair in 1892, however, some members moved to the surrounding larger towns, so that the community began to shrink.

On 6.12.1964 the Jewish community inaugurated a prayer hall on the corner of Rheinstrasse and Philadelphiastrasse, which provided space for about 130 people. Due to the growth of the Jewish community, the space quickly became too small. Since 1978, the Jewish community had rented rooms on the second floor of the house Wiedstraße 17 for conversion into a prayer hall. This prayer hall could be referred 1981.

Shortly after the end of the war in 1945, Jewish life in Krefeld revived. About ten Jews joined together to form a (new) Jewish community. The silk manufacturer Fritz Leven became the head of the community. The community initially met in his private house at Bismarckstrasse 118. 116 and 118 belonged to the Jewish community of Krefeld. The community grew again. At the end of the 1960s it had about 120 people. This number remained fairly constant for the following decades.

From 1848, Fischeln's small Jewish community set up its own prayer room at Marienstraße 37. To hold a service, however, the room could be used only years later, because previously the number of minyan (10 Jewish males are required for a service, otherwise it can not be held) had not been reached.

Around 1910, at the latest by the beginning of the First World War in 1914, the prayer room was no longer used.

In 1812, the Jewish community in Süchteln built its prayer room on the second floor at Hindenburgstraße 3. The private house was located directly next to the Protestant church.

During the November pogroms, the building was not set on fire because there was a barbershop on the first floor owned by non-Jewish owners. Nevertheless, the prayer room was completely destroyed.

Through the donation of a wealthy Dülken Jew, the Jewish community was able to build a prayer room in 1781 in premises in the backyard of the house on the corner of Lange Straße and Domhof. This prayer room replaced an older prayer room, which is documented since the 1680s, but can no longer be located today.

The prayer room was used by the Jewish community until the ceremonial dedication of the newly built synagogue in 1898.

It is the former residence of Jonas Leffmann. He had been a resident of Viersen since 1807 and, as a trader in ellewaren, was one of the few Jews to hold a trade patent in Viersen since 1818. In 1822, he is even listed as a cotton manufacturer in the address directory of the city of Viersen, which shows that he had at least succeeded in advancing to the middle class of Viersen tradesmen. Nevertheless, Jonas Leffmann had to declare bankruptcy in 1824 and was not able to register a trade patent again until 1829.

The house Rektoratstraße 10 was acquired by the Jewish community in 1862. The building served different purposes. In the basement was the Jewish school. The private school was nationalized in 1905. It existed until 1932, when the last Jewish teacher - Israel Nussbaum - retired.

On the second floor of the building, the Jewish community built a prayer hall, which existed until the expropriation of the property around 1939/1940. The building passed into municipal ownership.