[2] Late in 1894, Berlin-based architects Wilhelm Albert Cremer and Richard Wolffenstein began the construction of the modern community's first and only synagogue,[b] which was dedicated by the Spandau Jewish community on 15 September 1895[2] in the presence of Spandau's Mayor, Wilhelm Georg Koeltze (1852–1939), and other local dignitaries.

The building, on a street corner with façades on two sides, was crowned by an octagonal tower.

[2] At the initiative of the Spandau Borough Council, a memorial tablet was unveiled in 1988 on the site of the former synagogue.

[2] Designed by Ruth Golan and Kay Zareh[10]: 83  a memorial was installed in 1988, in a park opposite the site of the former synagogue, dedicated in honour of the Jews from Spandau who were deported and murdered by the Nazis.

[10]: 28 In 2012, the memorial was extended by a brick wall on which the names of 115 deported and murdered Jews from Spandau are recorded.