Old Synagogue (Hanau)

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Memorial stone for the Jewish community in Hanau
Commemorative inscription for the perished Hanau community in Yad Vashem

The synagogue in Hanau was originally built in 1608 and destroyed in the November pogrom in 1938. It was located at Nordstrasse 40, the former Judengasse 56.

history

The newly founded Jewish community in Hanau in 1605 built a synagogue in 1608 . Wilhelm (IX.), Hereditary Prince of Hesse Kassel , who has ruled Hanau independently since 1764 , visited the synagogue - perhaps as the first German prince - together with his wife, Princess Wilhelmine Karoline of Denmark and Norway . The building was restored at the beginning of the 18th century and rebuilt again in 1922.

time of the nationalsocialism

In the night from 13 to 14 May 1938, the inputs of the synagogue were bricked up so that the community members on the Sabbath to worship could not celebrate in the synagogue.

During the November pogroms in 1938, the synagogue was demolished and set on fire on the morning of November 10th. The fire brigade only protected the neighboring houses and let the building burn down. Only the surrounding walls remained of the building. A short time later, the property became the property of the City of Hanau.

memorial

A memorial was established in 1964. It is located in a small green area on the opposite side of the street from the former synagogue site. The inscription on the plaque reads: Rachel weeps for her children and does not want to be comforted. ( Jeremiah 31:15) Your Jewish fellow citizens, victims of the terrible years 1933-1945, erected opposite the site of the destroyed synagogue as a token of remembrance. The city of Hanau 1964 .

In addition, Hanau's lost Jewish community is commemorated at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in the Valley of the Congregations in Jerusalem . Memorial plaques for individual citizens can be found on the nearby Hanau ghetto wall .

See also

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 2: Großbock - Ochtendung. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08078-9 ( online version ).
  • Monica Kingreen: The Hanau Synagogue. The house of God of the Hanau Jews. In: Stadtzeit 6. 700 years of city rights, 400 years of Jewish existence. Hanau 2003, ISBN 3-9806988-8-2 , pp. 251-256. [not evaluated]

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fried Lübbecke : Hanau. City and county. Cologne, 1951, p. 298.

Coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′ 10.5 ″  N , 8 ° 55 ′ 13.5 ″  E