Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Hollabrunn
The Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Hollabrunn comprised the Hollabrunn district and existed between 1902 and 1938. The first Jewish families settled in Hollabrunn in the middle of the 19th century .
The Jewish cemetery in Hollabrunn was established in 1876. In 1909 and 1926 it was expanded. The old ceremonial hall was demolished and replaced by a new building. The necessary plans were submitted to the city of Hollabrunn on May 11, 1919.
In 1880 the first religious community was founded as the "Israelitische Cultus-Genossenschaft" on the basis of the association law . This cooperative lasted until 1892, when the Oberhollabrunn district was incorporated into the IKG Horn .
In 1899 the "Prayer House Acquisition Association in Oberhollabrunn" was founded. Obviously they had a certain house in mind, because according to the statutes the purpose of the association was "... the purchase and maintenance of house number 356 in Spitalgasse ... for the performance of church services and other Israelite religious matters". The purchase agreement was signed on December 14, 1899. The “Bethausanschaffungsverein” remained the house owner until it was dissolved in 1924, and its assets were transferred to the religious community.
In 1913 the prayer house, in which the cantor also lived, was adapted to meet requirements. A laundry room was built, as well as a room for shafts and a woodshed.
The Hollabrunn Kultusgemeinde was created as an independent religious community in 1902 through the merger of the Hollabrunn and Retz prayer clubs , where there were two rooms one after the other, but which were only used until the First World War .
In 1904 the Chewra Kadischa was founded and in February 1932 the “Jüdische Geselligkeitsverein Hollabrunn”, whose events were also attended by non-Jews.
Immediately after the German Wehrmacht invaded Austria and the annexation to the Third Reich, the Jewish residents were demonstratively abused, harassed and humiliated in public, to the delight of the majority of the residents. Later on, a phase that appeared to be quieter from the outside set in, but the various Nazi agencies continued to harass the Jewish residents and "legally" rob them - covered by Nazi laws. The next open outbreak of violence against Jews and Jewish businesses and institutions took place during the Reichspogromnacht .
After the Anschluss in 1938, the interior of the prayer house was destroyed.
The cult objects of the prayer house were brought to Vienna and given to the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien . The parish registers, which were also brought to Vienna on this occasion , were only later passed on to the IKG Vienna.
On October 23, 1938, the Hollabrunn district administration reported to the state administration that, with the exception of a few elderly people with special permits, no Jews were living in the Hollabrunn district.
literature
- Alfred Fehringer: “You have to get out of here.” The Jewish community of Hollabrunn from 1850 to 1938. Mandelbaum, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-85476-273-7 .
- Christoph Lind: The last Jew left the temple. Jews in Lower Austria 1938–1945. Mandelbaum, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85476-141-4 .