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Universität Hamburg to commemorate Jewish victims of 1938 November pogroms on 9 November

Universität Hamburg and various partner organisations will remember the Jewish victims of the November pogroms of 1938 on 9 November 2026.

Photo: Uwe Barghaan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

Why it matters: Universität Hamburg and its partner organisations will mark the 1938 pogroms on 9 November 2026, 88 years after the main synagogue in the Grindelviertel was set alight.

Universität Hamburg said it will remember the Jewish victims of the November pogroms of 1938 on 9 November 2026, together with various partner organisations.

According to the university, National Socialists set fire to the main synagogue in the Grindelviertel neighbourhood 88 years ago.

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Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor

Universität Hamburg and its partner organisations will hold their remembrance of the Jewish victims of the 1938 November pogroms on 9 November 2026.

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