On Kristallnacht ( 9 November 1938 ) , the Alzey synagogue was destroyed and the fittings were burnt in front of the building . The ruin was removed in the 1950s . A rescued Torah scroll can nowadays be found in the museum . On 8 January 1945 , in World War II , the town narrowly missed being destroyed when 36 Boeing B-17 bombers had been sent to take out a railway bridge in Alzey . Owing to bad weather and a landmark misinterpretation – the crew mistook the top of the old watchtower for the church steeple – the bombers ended up dropping their load on the Wartberg , a nearby hill , giving rise to the legend of the Wartbergturm – the old tower – as Alzey 's saviour
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Alzey