Tour through the Synagogue and Old Jewish Cemetery

At least four synagogue buildings have been passed down throughout the course of the Trier Jewish community’s long history; archaeological findings trace them back to the 4th century. There is no visual evidence of an initial synagogue on Simeonsgasse, which was used off and on until 1418. A second house of prayer was inaugurated in 1762 on Weberbach Street, where the Jews had established a new neighbourhood after their expulsion and resettlement. Nearly 100 years later, the synagogue had become too small and dilapidated. A new building on Zuckerbergstrasse fell victim to Kristallnacht in 1938, though one of its rubble stones served as the foundation for the new synagogue building on Kaiserstrasse, which was inaugurated 18 years later, in 1957.