Photos: Berlin Synagogues Memorial

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	This is the former location of one of the largest synagogues in Berlin. In 1941, the Gestapo forced the Jewish community to convert this synagogue into a collection point for deportations. From here, more than 37,500 Jews living in Berlin were deported to the extermination camps listed on the memorial. These transports departed from the Grunewald and Putlitzstrasse train stations.
	The memorial on this spot tells the fate of 34 synagogues once located in Berlin.
	Each synagogue is represented by a metal plaque with facts about the building and seating capacity.
	Synagoge at 4 Heidereutergasse
	Synagoge at 16 Rosenstrasse
	Synagoge at 30 Oranienburgerstrasse
	Synagoge at 26 Schöneberger Ufer
	Synagoge at 29 Kaiserstrasse
	Synagoge at 25 Bischofstrasse
	Synagoge at 86 Prinzenstrasse
	Synagoge at 7 Schulstrasse
	Synagoge at 48-50 Lindenstrasse
	Synagoge at 7-8 Franzensbader Street
	Lippmann-Tauss Synagoge on Gollnow Street
	Synagoge at 12 Lindenufer
	Synagoge at 41 Düppelstrasse
	Synagoge at 16 Lüzovstrasse
	Synagoge at 38 Brunnenstrasse
	Synagoge at 36 Grenadierstrasse
	Synagoge at 10 Kleine Auguststrasse
	Synagoge at 31 Artilleriestrasse
	Synagoge at 53 Rykestrasse
	Synagoge at 111 Lützowstrasse
	Synagoge at 2 Passauer Street
	Synagoge at 127 Dresdener Street
	Flensburger Synagoge at 19 Lessingstr.
	Synagoge at 8 Freiheit
	Synagoge at 37 Münchener Street
	Synagoge at 79-80 Fasanen Street
	Synagoge at 87 Prinzenallee
	Synagoge at 14-15 Pestalozzistrasse
	Synagoge at 7-8 Levetzowstrasse
	Synagoge at 48-50 Kottbusser Ufer
	Synagoge at 11 Markgraf-Albrecht-Str.
	This is the former location of one of the largest synagogues in Berlin. In 1941, the Gestapo forced the Jewish community to convert this synagogue into a collection point for deportations. From here, more than 37,500 Jews living in Berlin were deported to the extermination camps listed on the memorial. These transports departed from the Grunewald and Putlitzstrasse train stations. An additional 14,797 Jews were deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp from a second collection point located on Grosse Hamburg Street at the former Jewish home for the elderly. This group departed from the Anhalter train station in 117 separate transports between June 6, 1942 and March 27, 1945.
	During the pogrom of November 9, 1938 (often referred to as "Kristallnacht"), Jewish places of worship in Berlin were damaged, burned, or destroyed. Because these synagogues were the symbols of a rich Jewish cultural history during the Prussian era, they were the foremost targets of Nazi-sponsored terror. In addition to the public synagogues listed here, Berlin was home to 80 private prayer halls that were part of Jewish social organizations. These were also targets of the November ninth pogrom. Jewish places of worship surviving the pogrom were soon closed, sold, or confiscated by the Nazi regime.
	Synagoge at 11 Siegmundshof
	Synagoge at 69-70 Prinzregentenstr

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