IV. Buildings Integral to the Former Life and/or Persecution of Jews in Altona. 3. No. 69 Bernstorffstraße (former Adolphstraße). Synagoge der ostjüdischen Vereinigung Adas Jisroel 1920-1936 (East European Jewish Union Adas Jisroel Synagogue). 1936 Gutted. 1942 Compulsory Sale. In 1920, the east European Jewish society "Adas Jisroel" established a small synagogue in a former workshop at no. 69 Adolphstraße (today Bernstorffstraße). It was reached via a passageway barely a metre wide. The women's gallery was partitioned from the men's room by thick curtains in accordance with strict orthodox ritual. On the night of Yom Kippur (Tishri 10) in October 1936 a disaster occured. In accordance with east European custom a large number of candles had been lit. A draught brought a flame in contact with the Torah curtain which immediately caught fire and within a very short time the entire eastern wall was in flames. It took the fire brigade one and a half hours to extinguish the fire. The holy shrine and ten Torah rolls were burnt together with the cantor's lectern. The ceremonial burial of the burnt Torah rolls took place in the Bornkampsweg cemetery in the presence of a large number of people including Jews from Hamburg. In 1942 the building was compulsorily sold.