Prayer Room

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Prayer Hall Viersen Main Street

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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.

 

Prayer Hall Viersen Rectorate Street

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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.

Gladbach prayer room

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In the annex of the house Abteiberg 4 the Jewish community built a prayer room. It was the residence of the community leader Joseph Cahn. With his appointment as headman in 1809, Jewish life in Gladbach began to organize. As head of the community, Cahn was responsible, among other things, for the possibility of conducting religious services. Therefore, it is obvious that shortly after his appointment he provided the congregation with the premises in his house.

Prayer room Wöllmarshausen

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" The Jewish community in Wöllmarshausen existed from the middle of the 18th century until 1877. (...). Around 1848 there were 35 Jews living in Wöllmarshausen. (...) Due to the law of 1842 the Landdrostei decreed on June 17, 1844 the formation of a joint synagogue association with Bremke and Gelliehausen. This failed due to the "disruptive obstinacy" of the Wöllmarshauser Jews. In May 1845 the Landdrostei provisionally accepted the independence of the community of Wöllmarshausen. (...)