Mahnmal für die Alte Synagoge
Mahnmal für die Alte Synagoge stands on Dortmund’s Platz der Alten Synagoge, where the Old Synagogue once stood. Created by Waldemar Otto in 1990, the memorial uses Anröchter sandstone shaped like part of the original synagogue wall.
The Old Synagogue was completed in 1900 and served Dortmund’s Jewish community as a cultural and religious centre. It held 1,300 seats. Its scale placed it among Germany’s largest synagogues. After the Nazi Party came to power in 1933, the Jewish community was forced to sell the building, which was demolished in 1938 shortly before Kristallnacht.
Inscriptions commemorate Jewish citizens of Dortmund who became victims of the Nazi regime between 1933 and 1945. A passage from Lamentations stands alongside a dedication to the Jewish community. The sandstone form keeps the vanished synagogue’s wall present at the place where it once stood.
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