One of our gracious hosts in the market place in Düren .
On Wednesday nights, once a month, a food fair is held, offering foods from various German federal states.
The man in the red hat previously owned a circus but when his daughter was killed in an accident, he left it, followed by some coworkers, and opened this salmon stand, in which salmon are baked by open fires of red beach logs.
A Jewish presence in Düren dates back to 1241. The first Jewish school was established in Düren in the 1500’s.
A synagogue ,opened in 1872 , once stood at this spot. On 9 November 1938 the Nazi’s burned it down. Of 385 Jews, 102 were transported to concentration camps and murdered. Thirty were unaccounted for. The marker does not explain the fate of the others.