So far, only two "Stumbling Thresholds" (Stolperschwellen) have been put in front of the south facade of the new synagogue. The inscription reads as follows: "FROM HERE / 31 PEOPLE FORCIBLY HOUSED IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY HALL / DEPORTED ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1942 / THERESIENSTADT AND AUSCHWITZ / MURDERED".

"Cause of fire: unknown"-  this conclusion was noted down in the city’s fire brigade’s daily report, dated November 10, 1938, which differs drastically from what the eye witness Frieda Rohrmeier stated in 1948 during a court trial: "They hoisted fuel containers from a lorry and carried it in buckets into the synagogue …".

The Jewish Community Hall stood right next to the synagogue but came through the fire without significant damage. Therefore, the Nazi regime was able to use the rooms as accommodation for Jews whose apartments and houses had been "de-jewed" (entjudet). On September 23, 1942, a total number of 31 people were deported from here to Theresienstadt/Terezín: 18 women, 13 men; the oldest of them was 89 years old, the youngest 46 years old. In total, 117 men and women were deported from Regensburg on that day. During another deportation on April 4, 1942, 989 Jewish men, women, and children from all over Bavaria were taken by train to the town of Piaski, including 119 Jews from Regensburg. As soon as the train passed the border of the Reich, every deportee became stateless and destitute. All bank accounts, all real estate, and all other assets, all works of art, etc., owned by these unfortunate deportees, fell to the Reich.