Old Synagogue Neuss (Memorial Site)

Memorial at the former site of the 1867-built synagogue of Neuss's Jewish community, destroyed during the November 1938 pogrom.

The old synagogue of Neuss stood on Promenadenstraße, opposite the current Sparkasse bank. Built in 1867, it was the religious center of Neuss's Jewish community during the Gründerzeit and Imperial German periods. During the pogrom of November 9–10, 1938, the synagogue, like thousands of others across Germany, was destroyed by the National Socialists. Today a memorial stone at its former location commemorates what was once a thriving Jewish community in the city. The site stands as a reminder, amid the everyday activity of a modern shopping street, of the destruction of an entire community — part of the deliberate integration of memorial culture into Germany's public spaces.