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New Synagogue (Düsseldorf)
The New Synagogue (German: Leo Baeck Saal) is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, located at Zietenstraße 50, in Düsseldorf, in the Golzheim district of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

History

The first synagogue, built in 1905, with approximately 1,000 seats, was pillaged and burned by SA men during the Kristallnacht in 1938.

Designed by Hermann Zvi Guttmann, the current synagogue was inaugurated in September 1958 and is named in honour of Rabbi Leo Baeck, who served as a pulpit rabbi in Düsseldorf.

Arson attack

On October 2, 2000, two Arab immigrants committed an arson attack against the synagogue, and the building was firebombed with three Molotov cocktails. Although the perpetrators remained unknown for over two months, most media suspected the attack was done by far-right antisemites. The following day, Paul Spiegel, leader of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, called for a clear sign of solidarity with the Jewish victims.

The perpetrators, a 20-year-old Palestinian, and a 19-year-old Moroccan, were identified and arrested on December 6, 2000. Both admitted they wanted to protest against the Israeli occupation policy through the attack.

Since 2000, there is a constant police watch over the synagogue.

See also

References

  1. ^ "New Synagogue in Düsseldorf-Golzheim". Historic synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  2. ^ "Hermann Zvi Guttmann and His Design for the New Synagogue at Hohe Weide". Key Documents of German-Jewish History. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  3. ^ "Duesseldorf". Beit Hatfutsot Databases. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  4. ^ "Shana tova! Post-WW2 Düsseldorf New Synagogue, inaugurated at Rosh Hashana 1958, to get major renovation". Jewish Heritage Europe. September 14, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  5. ^ s.r.o, Tripomatic. "New Synagogue in Düsseldorf, Germany". travel.sygic.com. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  6. ^ "Duesseldorfer Synagoge der brandanschlag ist aufgeklaert". Tagesspiegel (in German). December 7, 2000.
  7. ^ "Präsident des Zentralrats fordert Zeichen der Solidarität: Brandanschlag auf Synagoge in Düsseldorf". Berliner Zeitung (in German). October 4, 2000.

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