Angenrod Jewish Community

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A Jewish community in Angenrod , a district of Alsfeld in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse , has been recorded since 1736. The Jews Falck and Isaac are already mentioned in the middle of the 17th century. The history of the Jewish community ended in 1942 with the deportation of the last eight Jewish residents.

history

A strong immigration of Jewish residents took place in the second half of the 17th century when Prince Abbot Bernhard Gustav von Baden-Durlach expelled the Jews from his domain. The landlords , the von Nodung family, allowed their settlement in Angenrod as protective Jews . The Jews, who had to pay protection money, could build small houses and live by trading in goods. They lived in the area of ​​what is now Judengasse , which the locals called New Jerusalem from the 19th century .

synagogue

In 1797 the newly built synagogue on the grounds of the Hofgut was inaugurated. It was 13 meters wide and 7.50 meters wide. It was built in half-timbered construction and offered enough space for the 12 Jewish families. The rabbi's apartment was attached to the synagogue . The synagogue was demolished in 1961 and a freezer was built in its place .

National Socialist Persecution

After 1933, many Jewish community members moved away or emigrated due to increasing disenfranchisement and reprisals.

The memorial book of the Federal Archives lists 41 Jewish citizens born in Angenrod who fell victim to the genocide of the National Socialist regime .

graveyard

Community development

year Parishioners in% of the total population
around 1800 12 families
around 1830/40 approx. 170 people 1837 179 people 1861 247 people 41.94% of the population
1895 132 people
1905 129 people approx. 25% of the population
1910 109 people
1925 70 people
1932/33 approx. 60 people
1939 7 people

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 1: Aach - Groß-Bieberau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08077-2 ( online edition ).
  • Ingfried Stahl: The Israelitische Religionsgemeinde Angenrod . Alsfeld 2007 (Announcements from the Alsfeld History and Museum Association, issue 1, June 2007), ISBN 978-3-927284-43-2 .
  • Ingfried Stahl: Victims of the Nazi regime - Angenrod's last Israelites , Established since 1736: The Israelitische Religionsgemeinde Angenrod. In: Messages from the Upper Hessian History Association, Giessen. 95th volume. Giessen 2010. p. 183 - p. 263.
  • Ingfried Stahl: Victims of the Nazi ideology - Angenrod's last Israelites . The Israelite Religious Community of Angenrod (1736–1942). Self-designed extended documentation based on the official text contribution in the messages of the Upper Hessian History Association Gießen, 95th volume. Giessen 2010. p. 183 - p. 263. 2012. ISBN 978-3-00-037437-1 . http://d-nb.info/103298127X .

Web links

Commons : Angenrod Jewish Cemetery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Commemorative Book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933 - 1945 . Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  2. ↑ after Alicke, vol. 1, column 119