| Spandau Synagogue | |
|---|---|
German: Synagoge Spandau | |
_Synagoge_Spandau.jpg) A memorial opposite the site of the former synagogue | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism (former) |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Synagogue |
| Leadership | Rabbi Arthur Löwenstamm (1917–1938) |
| Status | Destroyed (1938) |
| Location | |
| Location | 12 Lindenufer, Spandau, Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
  Location of the former synagogue in Berlin | |
| Geographic coordinates | 52°32′13″N 13°12′28″E / 52.53694°N 13.20778°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Cremer & Wolffenstein |
| Type | Synagogue architecture |
| Date established | c. 1844 (as a congregation) |
| Completed | 1895 |
| Destroyed |
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| Capacity | 296 seats |
| [1][2] | |
The Spandau Synagogue (German: Synagoge Spandau) was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 12 Lindenufer, in the Old Town area of Spandau, Berlin, Germany.[1]
Also known as Spandauer Vereinssynagoge[3] (translated as Spandau private synagogue), the synagogue was built in 1894–95[1] and destroyed during Kristallnacht on 9 November 1938 when it was set on fire.[4][5][a] The ruins were removed, probably in 1942.[2][1] The site is now marked by a memorial tablet, installed in 1988. The congregation maintained a Jewish cemetery, on Spandau's Neue Bergstrasse, which was closed by the Nazi government [2] and was evacuated in 1939 to the cemetery of the Orthodox congregation Adass Jisroel in Berlin.[4]
- ^ a b c d "Mahnmal "Flammenwand" – Synagogen Berlins (Memorial "Wall of Flame" – Berlin's synagogues)" (in German). Edition Luisenstadt. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ a b "Eyewitness account by Rabbi A. Loewenstamm of the destruction of the synagogue in Spandau during the November Pogrom, ref 1656/2/4/291". Wiener Holocaust Library. 1956. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ Kaulen, Alois; Pohl, Joachim (1988). Juden in Spandau vom Mittelalter bis 1945 (in German). Berlin: Hentrich & Hentrich. pp. 108–109.
- ^ Zeller, Frederic (1989). When Time Ran Out: Coming of Age in the Third Reich. London: W. H. Allen & Co. pp. 188–189. ISBN 0-491-03614-0.
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