Old Synagogue (Erfurt)
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The Old Synagogue is a former Jewish synagogue, located in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany.
The former synagogue, now museum, in 2009
Windows on the western façade, c. 1270
Entrance to the Old Synagogue building from the museum inner courtyard, north-west façade
The Große Synagoge, which was destroyed during Kristallnacht
Erfurt massacre (1349)
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The Erfurt massacre was a massacre of the Jewish community in Erfurt, Germany, on 21–22 March 1349. Accounts of the number of Jews killed in the massacre vary widely from between 100 and up to 3000. A
Old Synagogue (Erfurt)
…century, the synagogue is one of the best preserved Medieval synagogues in Europe. Most parts of the building date from around 1250–1320. Following the massacre and expulsion of the local Jewish community in the wake of the Black Death in 1349, the building served various purposes in the centuries that followed such as a…
The Erfurt Alte Synagogue