In November 1938 during Kristallnacht , the two synagogues were attacked . In 1941 following an order from Hitler to deport the German Jews to the east , Jews from the town were sent to the area around Riga and murdered there . In 1945 , the U.S. Army occupied the city and placed Henry Kissinger , then an Army private and later Secretary of State of the United States , in charge of the city administration . In 2008 a new synagogue , library and Jewish cultural center were erected on the location of one of the demolished synagogues . Around 1100 Jews were reported to live in and around Krefeld at the time
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