V. Buildings Integral to the Former Life and/or Persecution of Jews in Barmbek. No. 7-9 Gluckstraße. Gluckstraße Synagogue. The settling of a sizeable number of Jews in Barmbek, a district of Hamburg not previously inhabited by Jews, led to the founding of the Gluckstraße synagogue. In 1920 interested individuals met as the "Jewish Community Association Barmbek, Uhlenhorst and Surrounding Area" ("Judischen Gemeinschaftsbund Barmbeck, Uhlenhorst und Umgegend") and requested the German Israelite Synagogue Association (Deutsch-Israelitischen Synagogenverband) to purchase the property at no. 7-9 Gluckstraße in Barmbek, for the construction of a synagogue, from the Tivoli-Brauerei AG (brewery). Later, the community named itself "Schewes Achim" (brotherly concord, Psalm 133, 1: Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, be not still, O God.) The architect Semmy Engel was responsible for the conversion and inner decoration. The synagogue was inaugurated on the 5th September 1920. The Hamburger Familienblatt newspaper reported that "the plain furnishings reflect our age". Another observer referred to the "resemblance of the dense grille as lateral boundary of the women's gallery as specified by orthodox ritual". He also wrote: "the small synagogue in Gluckstraße is located only a few minutes from the noisy traffic on Hamburgerstraße, on level ground, slightly hidden among larger buildings. The narrow, comparatively small room is full on the High Holidays". The synagogue had places for 60 men and 48 women. In 1939 the property was compulsorily sold well below its rateable value. According to a Gestapo correspondence dated the 19th October 1939 the synagogue was sold to "an Aryan businessman" for other purposes. The building was destroyed in 1943. Today the site is in commercial use.