UK Synagogues destroyed or damaged by
German air raids during World War II

The following synagogues, primarily in London,
 were destroyed, or severely damaged,
by German air raids during the Second World War

LONDON

City
Great Synagogue, Dukes Place, London E.C.3.

East End
The Beth Hamedrash, Mulberry Street, Commercial Road, London E.1.
Bethnal Green Great Synagogue, 15 Bethnal Green Road, London E.1.
Fieldgate Street Great Synagogue, 41 Fieldgate Street, London E.1.
Limehouse Synagogue and Talmud Torah, 22b Baythorne Street London E.3.
Poplar Associate Synagogue, Bazeley Street, Poplar, London E.14.
Stepney Orthodox Synagogue, 53 Stepney Green, London E.1.

Central London
Central Synagogue, 133-141 Great Portland Street, London W.1.
The Liberal Jewish Synagogue, 28 St. John's Wood Road, London N.W.8.
West Central Liberal Synagogue, Alfred Place, London W.C.1
West End Great Synagogue, 21 Dean Street, London W.1
Western Synagogue, Alfred Place, London W.C.1.
Western Synagogue, Grotarian Hall, Wigmore Street, London W.1

North London
Montague Road Beth Hamedrash, 62A Montague Road, Dalston, London E8.
Palmers Green and Southgate District Synagogue, Brownlow Road, London N.11.
Wellington Road Synagogue, 23a Wellington Road, Stoke Newington, London N16

South London
Catford & Bromley Affiliated Synagoge, 53 Catford Hill, London S.E.6.
Lambeth (Beth Jacob) Synagogue, 48 Kennington Road, London S.E.1
South-East London Synagogue, New Cross Road, London S.E.14.

West London
Notting Hill Synagogue, Kensington Park Road, London W.11

ENGLAND (other than London)

Dover
Dover Synagogue, Northampton Street, Dover

Exeter
Exeter Synagogue, Mary Arches Street, Exeter (upper floors destroyed)

Hull
Hull Central Synagogue, Cogan Street, Hull
Hull New Hebrew Congregation, Lower Union Street, Hull
Hull Old Hebrew Congregation, Osborne Road, Hull

Liverpool
Liverpool Central Synagogue, Islington, Liverpool

Manchester
Manchester Reform Synagogue (Manchester Congregation of British Jews), Park Place, Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester, M4

Norwich
Norwich Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, Synagogue Street, Norwich

Plymouth
Devonport Synagogue, 66 Chapel Street, Devonport, Plymouth

Sheffield
Sheffield Central Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, Lee Croft, Campo Lane, Sheffield

WALES

Swansea
Swansea Hebrew Congregation, Goat Street Synagogue, Swansea
 

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
(Although the Republic of Ireland remained neutral throughout World War II, it was nevertheless the subject of a number of German air raids.)

Dublin
Greenville Hall Synagogue, South Circular Road, Dublin
 

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Page created by David Shulman: 11 December 2011
Page most recently amended: 30 November 2023

Research and formatting by David Shulman