The Jewish Museum is housed in Trondheim's former synagogue on Arkitekt Christies gate, built in 1925 and one of the northernmost synagogues ever constructed. Trondheim's Jewish community dates back to the mid-1800s, when the Norwegian constitution still banned Jews from entering the country.
The exhibition covers both the everyday life of the community and the catastrophe that ended it. On 26 November 1942, the cargo ship Donau departed from Oslo carrying 532 Norwegian Jews to Auschwitz. Of the roughly 770 Jews deported from Norway during the war, only 34 survived. Trondheim's community was effectively wiped out.
The exhibition covers both the everyday life of the community and the catastrophe that ended it. On 26 November 1942, the cargo ship Donau departed from Oslo carrying 532 Norwegian Jews to Auschwitz. Of the roughly 770 Jews deported from Norway during the war, only 34 survived. Trondheim's community was effectively wiped out.
