Baudrecourt Jewish Community

A Jewish community in Baudrecourt in the Moselle department in the French region of Grand Est (until 2015 Lorraine ) already existed in the 18th century.

history

In 1772 the Jewish community of Baudrecourt had 13 families and the village had only 40 houses in total. The synagogue was in the middle of the village, behind the Notre-Dame de Lorette grotto . Large stones on private property are the remains of the building. The Jewish community had belonged to the Israelite consistorial district of Metz since 1808 .

literature

• Henry Schumann: Mémoire des communautés juives de Moselle . Éditions Serpenoise, Metz 1999, ISBN 2-87692-430-7 .

Web links

• History of the Baudrecourt Jewish Community (French, accessed April 30, 2015)