Synagogue and Community — Jews of the Somme

“A Synagogue before the synagogues : 12, rue du Cloître de la Barge, 1935-1968” A presentation by David L. Rosenberg, originally in French, under the auspices of the Société des Antiquaires de Picardie at the Société d’Horticulture, 58 rue le-Nôtre, Amiens, October 21, 2017

For this presentation in French, click here

Leon Louria

The synagogue of Amiens, 12, rue du Cloître de la Barge, was dedicated on November 3, 1935, in the presence of religious leaders and civil and military authorities. Jean Moulin, later to become a famous martyr of the Resistance, was present as Secretary General of the Prefecture. The documents here mainly concern the fate of the building during the Occupation, when the German and French authorities intermittently attempted to sell the building within which the synagogue occupied the ground floor. A number of important documents relating to the synagogue and the Association Cultuelle des Israelites de la Somme (the organized Jewish community association) may be found on the Departmental Archives portal: http://archives.somme.fr