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Hamburg
Sonia Simmenauer
December 13, 2023, 12:20 pm
‘I would not open a Jewish cafe in Germany today’
Sonia Simmenauer opened a heimishe café in Hamburg in 2007. Things were different then
By Etan Smallman
Daniel Sheffer with Hamburg's Chief Rabbi Bistritzky,right
September 29, 2023, 11:36 am
Torah crown looted from shul during Kristallnacht discovered in German antique shop
The crown of the Bornplatz Synagogue now has pride of place in Hamburg Jewish community's temporary shul ahead of its £113million planned reconstruction
By Michelle Rosenberg
The Bornplatz Synagogue in Hamburg, Germany, once held 1,200 congregants before it was destroyed in Kristallnacht. (Wikimedia Commons)
September 29, 2023, 11:33 am
85 years after Kristallnacht, Germany to begin rebuilding grand synagogue in Hamburg
The site of the Bornplatz Synagogue was officially handed over to leaders of the city’s Jewish community on Wednesday.
By Jackie Hadjenburg (JTA)
Bornplatz synagogue, destroyed on Kristallnacht
March 12, 2021, 11:38 am
Hamburg synagogue rebuild ‘will hide Nazi crimes’
Concern raised by German city's Jewish community saying the proposals are a 'terrible insult' to victims of the Shoah and constitute 'rewriting and erasing its history'
By Jewish News Reporter
Reconstructed railway wagon at the Neuengamme memorial in which prisoners were transported. (Wikipedia/Author Hao Liu)
March 7, 2020, 5:16 pm
American court orders deportation of ex-guard at German concentration camp
Friedrich Karl Berger, 94, served at a subcamp of Neuengamme and is still receiving a pension for work that includes his wartime service
By JTA
People place down flowers in front of a synagogue in Halle, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
October 17, 2019, 2:48 pm
More than 10,000 march in Berlin against antisemitism
The demonstration left from Bebelplatz, the site of Nazi book-burning, to the New Synagogue, with marches also happening in cities of Hamburg and Marburg.
By JTA
Stutthof concentration camp
October 17, 2019, 2:36 pm
Former Nazi concentration camp guard goes on trial in Germany
Bruno Dey stands accused of contributing to the murders of 5,230 Stutthof prisoners
By Jewish News Reporter
An old Jewish headstone in a cemetery
August 17, 2019, 7:07 pm
Drug dealers set up shop at Jewish cemetery in Hamburg
Harburg grave site began to attract addicts and dealers as it's located near a rehabilitation centre
By JTA
Hamburg city hall (Credit: Abubiju, Wikipedia)
June 21, 2019, 3:16 pm
Man arrested after rabbi allegedly spat on in antisemitic attack in Hamburg
Police are investigating reports a rabbi was accosted and spat on in Hamburg
By JTA
Kippah
October 24, 2018, 6:32 pm
German Jewish community’s long-time leader may not be Jewish
Investigation by Der Spiegel finds that Pinneberg's community head Wolfgang Seibert may have been born to Protestant parents
By JTA
Abba Kovner stands at the centre of the Vilna Ghetto Fighters, some of whom later joined Nakam (The Avengers)
January 25, 2018, 10:51 am
The Holocaust Avengers: ‘Most wished they could have killed more Nazis’
New documentary Holocaust: The Revenge Plot, airing on Channel 4, reveals an audacious plan by survivors to kill six million Germans
By Francine Wolfisz
Smoke rise from Syrian village as a result of fighting near the city of Quneitra, in the Golan Heights, Photo by: Ayal Margolin- JINIPIX
July 10, 2017, 8:39 am
Netanyahu: Israel will welcome ‘genuine cease-fire’ in Syria
Prime Minister would support peace as long as it would not allow for the build up of Iranian-backed military forces in Syria
By JTA
An old Jewish headstone in a cemetery
October 30, 2016, 7:34 am
Hamburg’s Reform community dedicates first cemetery
The German community inaugurated a section of Ohlsdorf cemetery for the Reform movement in the city
By JTA
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