Bad Homburg vor der Höhe in Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse, Germany — Central Europe

Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Holocaust Memorial

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, May 22, 2024

1. Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Holocaust Memorial - main inscription

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Den ermordeten jüdischen Bürgern unsere Stadt und allen Opfern nationalsozialistischen Unrechts zum Gedenken - den lebenden zur Mahnung.

(In memory of the murdered Jewish citizens of our city and all victims of National Socialist injustice - and as a reminder to the living.)

Helene Adler geb. Gutmann · Margot Adler · Frieda Altschul geb. Bender · Richard Altschul · Robert Altschul · Arthur Auerbach · Leontine Blum geb. Lorch · Annette Cahn-Bronner geb. Levy · Margarethe Daub geb. Daniel · Thekla Dinkelspühler · Minna Doernberg geb. Dinkelspühler · Auguste Eppstein geb. Lowenthal · Hugo Eppstein · Minna Gotz geb. Meyer · Margarethe Gross geb. Freundlich · Max Gross · Franziska Gutmann · Ludwig Gutmann · Ida Haas · Joseph Haas · Dora Hardt geb. Schwarz · Berta Harte · Bessy Herz · Moses Herz · Sofie Herz geb. Haas · Flora Hirschberger · Erna Holzmann · Otto Holzmann · Franziska Idstein geb. Seckbach · Therese Idstein · Fanny Kahn geb. Katz · Sophie Klieneberger geb. Hamburger · Moritz Moses Kottek · Salomon Kottek · Anneliese

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Kottek geb. Loeb · Adolf Lang · Charlotte Lang geb. Weil · Melitta Liechtenstein · Solomon Lind · Henriette Lindenheim geb. Sommer · Josef Liskewitsch geb. Kadeschewski · Edith Löwenstein · Jenny Löwenstein geb. Marx · Heinrich Mainzer · Klara Mainzer geb. Hirsch · Ida Martino geb. Bernheim · Emma Mayer geb. Heymann · Elisabeth Müller geb. Michel · Blanche Neugass · Gertrud Neugass · Rudolf Neugass · Else Pariser geb. Meyer · Rosa Riess geb. Levy · Rudolf Ries · Karl Rosenberg · Willy Meier Rosenberg · Bella Rothschild geb. Strauss · Eduard Rothschild · Louis Rothschild · Melanie Rothschild geb. Emmerich · Arno Salomon · Edith Salomon geb. Reinach · Anna Schöneman geb. Klieneberger · Clara Sommer · Emil Sommer · Ernst Sommer · Isidor Sommer · Jenny Sommer · Johanna Sommer geb. Karlsberg · Bertha Stein · Julius Stein · Minna Stein geb. Katz · Adolf Stern · Regine Stern geb. Wallach · Karoline Weis geb. Altschul · Bernhard Wiesenthal

Erected 1988 by Stadt Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the The Holocaust series list.

Location. 50° 13.832′ N, 8° 36.761′ E. Memorial is

Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Holocaust Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, May 22, 2024

2. Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Holocaust Memorial

The memorial is located on the site of the synagogue, which was completed in 1866 and destroyed on November 10, 1938.

in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hessen (Hesse), in Hochtaunuskreis. It is at the intersection of Elisabethenstraße and Wallstraße, on the right when traveling east on Elisabethenstraße. The memorial is located at the edge of Platz der ehemaligen Synagoge (“Former Synagogue Square”). Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Elisabethenstraße 4-8, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe HE 61348, Germany. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe,

the European Union,

Atlantic Europe,

Central Europe,

the Schengen Area,

Western Europe,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire

and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Altes Haus / Old House (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Gerechtigkeit nach 400 Jahren / Justice After 400 Years (about 150 meters away); Engelapotheke / “Angel Apothecary” (about 180 meters away); Ritter von Marx Bridge / Ritter-von-Marx-Brücke (about 210 meters away); Bad Homburg Franco-Prussian War Memorial (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Hotel “Cafe du Parc” (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Ehemaliges Armen- und Waisenhaus / Former Poorhouse and Orphanage (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Hofapotheke / Court Apothecary (approx. 0.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe.

More about this memorial. Following women’s married names is frequently found “geb.” indicating born (née) and then their maiden name.

Also see . . . Gedenkstätte für jüdische Opfer (Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe, in German). Excerpt (in translation):

Fifty
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, May 22, 2024

3. Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Holocaust Memorial - wide view
years after Kristallnacht in November 1938, during which the Jewish synagogue in Bad Homburg was also burned down, the memorial was inaugurated. The bronze plaques bear the names of 81 Jewish Holocaust victims from Bad Homburg. It was erected on the site on Elisabethenstrasse where the former synagogue stood. The design by Hendrikus Godding, sculptor and former head of the arts and crafts department at the Bad Homburg Adult Education Center, incorporates the arched windows of the Jewish house of worship.

(Submitted on December 17, 2025.)

Credits. This page was last revised on December 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 17, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 53 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 17, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.