Under Nazi dictatorship the synagogue of the Jewish Community in Münzgasse was desecrated and looted on Kristallnacht but, due to its proximity to the Opera House it was not razed. Inside the building, which is once again used by a Jewish community as a synagogue, a plaque next to the Torah Shrine recalls the persecution and murder of Jews in the Shoah, which took the lives of at least 145 Jews in Bayreuth.Gedenkstätten für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus. Eine Dokumentation, Vol. 1. Federal Office for Political Education, Bonn 1995, , p. 119 f.A list of the victims' names is found in "Denk / Steine setzen", published by the Bayreuth History Working Group (Geschichtswerkstatt Bayreuth), Bumerang Verlag, Bayreuth 2003. Bayreuth's Jews are considered to be those people who had lived for some time in Bayreuth, were born in Bayreuth or who were deported from Bayreuth.
Under Nazi dictatorship the synagogue of the Jewish Community in Münzgasse was desecrated and looted on Kristallnacht but due to its proximity to the Opera House it was not razed Inside the building which is once again used by a Jewish community as a synagogue a plaque next to the Torah Shrine recalls the persecution and murder of Jews in the Shoah which took the lives of at least 145 Jews in BayreuthGedenkstätten für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus Eine Dokumentation Vol 1 Federal Office for Political Education Bonn 1995  p 119 fA list of the victims' names is found in "Denk / Steine setzen" published by the Bayreuth History Working Group (Geschichtswerkstatt Bayreuth) Bumerang Verlag Bayreuth 2003 Bayreuth's Jews are considered to be those people who had lived for some time in Bayreuth were born in Bayreuth or who were deported from Bayreuth