and 1980s. Between five and eight per cent of the population is Muslim. Jews In 1815 the first Jewish community was mentioned in Witten. In 1938 the synagogue was destroyed during the so-called "Reichspogromnacht" (also known as Kristallnacht) of 9–10 November 1938. Today, only about a dozen Jews live in Witten. They belong to the Jewish community in Dortmund. Since 1994 the place of the former synagogue is marked with a memorial. Notable people Ingeborg Danz (born 1961), concert singer Theodor Detmers (1902–1976), officer Felix Dornebusch (born 1994), football player Mirko Englich (born 1978), wrestler Dennis Eilhoff (born 1982), football player Robert Graf (1923–1966), actor Martin Geck (1936–2019), musicologist Ralf Kapschack (born 1954), politician (SPD) Carsten Keuler (born 1971), football player Jochen Nickel (born 1959), actor Sorina Nwachukwu (born 1987), sprinter Paul Pleiger (1899–1985), state adviser and corporate general director Alexandra Popp (born 1991), football player Andreas Reckwitz (born 1970), sociologist Stephan Remmler (born 1949), singer Moritz Römling (born 2001), football player Otto Schlüter (1872–1959), geographer Joseph Schmidt-Görg (1897–1981), musicologist and composer Otto Schott (1851–1935), chemist Erich Schöppner (1932–2005), boxer Michael Schulz (born 1961), football player Josef Sieber (1900–1962), film actor Wilhelm Utermann (1912–1991), writer and journalist Willi Veller (1896–1941), politician (NSDAP) Tanja Wedhorn (born 1971), actress Charles Paul Wilp (1932–2005), artist and photographer Rosi Wolfstein (1888–1987), politician (KPD) References Holocaust locations in Germany