Frankfurt am Main - Prayer halls attacked in the city of Frankfurt am Main on Pogrom Night, November 9-10, 1938

Summary: Name: Hirsch’s Synagogue Address: Schuetzenstrasse Founded: 1852 Last rabbi: S. R. Hirsch Pogrom Night 1938: set on fire Name: Horovitz Synagogue Address: 23 Unterlindau Founded: 1893 Last rabbi: Dr. Jakob Horovitz Pogrom Night 1938: desecrated, vandalized After 1938: Other information: memorial plaque (1988)

Name: Klaus Shul Address: 15 Ostendstrasse Founded: 1888 Pogrom Night 1938: set on fire, which was extinguished.

Name: Kol Jacob Address: 12 Rechneigrabenstrasse Founded: 1902 Pogrom Night 1938: damaged Other information: Beth Midrash (study house) and prayer room of the Hasidic Jews After 1938: “Judenhaus” (“Jews’ house”); 1943: deportations

Name: Prayer room of the Linas Hazedek Society Address: 31 Lange Strasse Founded: 1914 Pogrom Night 1938: damaged After 1938: Other information:

Name: Loeb Elias Reiss Synagogue Address: 5-7 Hermesweg (after 1887) Founded: on Judengasse in 1782 Pogrom Night 1938: vandalized After 1938: office of the Reich’s Association of the Jews in Germany, hospital ward, and “Judenhaus” (“Jews’ house”) from 1942 to 1943/44

Name: Niederhofheim’s Synagogue Address: 3 or 5 Rechneigrabenstrasse Pogrom Night 1938: set on fire on Nov. 10 Other information: prayer room of Eastern European Jews

Name: Obermainanlage Shul Address: 8 Obermainanlage Pogrom Night 1938: set on fire on Nov. 10 Other information: prayer room of Eastern European Jews

Name: Psalm Society Address: 8 Schwanenstrasse Pogrom Night 1938: damaged Other information: prayer room of Eastern European Jews

Name: Schneider‘s Yeshiva and Thauras Maushe Prayer Room Address: 18 Ostendstrasse Last rabbi: Moses Karpel Pogrom Night 1938: set on fire, partially damaged Other information: Beth Midrash (study house) of Eastern European Jews. Building was used by several religious associations.

Name: Schwanenstrasse Synagogue Address: 12 Schwanenstrasse Pogrom Night 1938: damaged, building remained intact. Name: Prayer room of Tiferes Yisroel Address: 2 Schuetzenstrasse Pogrom Night 1938: damaged
Photo: The Koenigswarther House in Frankfurt, in which a prayer room was located. Courtesy of: The Hoffman Collection.
Photo 2: The Jewish community’s hospital in Frankfurt, in which a prayer room was located. View of the main building and the garden. Courtesy of: The Hoffman C
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