In place of the destroyed Pein synagogue stands a column around two meters high, as a reminder of the Reichskristallnacht.
The Jewish memorial stands on the site of the destroyed Pein synagogue. The approximately two-metre-high column made of shell limestone was designed by architect Fritz Filipschak and made by the Ziehm stone sculpting company.
It bears the inscription in German, English and Hebrew: "Here stood the synagogue that was destroyed on 11 November 1938 by uncalled-for hands." The memorial was erected in August 1948. Information boards around the memorial provide information about the events of those days.
The synagogue, newly built in 1907, was destroyed by arson by National Socialists on Kristallnacht 1938. One day earlier, on November 10, 1938, Hans Marburger, the son of a Jewish merchant family, was murdered in the synagogue.
Every year on the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust, a wreath-laying ceremony is held at this site.
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