Bruyères Jewish Community
A Jewish community in Bruyères in the Vosges in the French region of Lorraine was born from the mid-19th century.
history
Since the Jewish community was still relatively small, they used the synagogue in Rambervillers, 19 kilometers away . Only after the German annexation of Alsace-Lorraine after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 did the number of parishioners quickly increase. Many Alsatian Jews left their homeland and settled in the neighboring region, the French Vosges . The community belonged to the rabbinate of Epinal and never had a rabbi, but a ministre-officiant .
Community development
| year | Parishioners |
|---|---|
| 1806 | 19 people |
| 1848 | 21 people |
| 1866 | 18 people |
| 1867 | 46 people |
| 1873 | 80 people |
| 1939 | approx. 40 people |
National Socialist Persecution
During the Second World War, the German military profaned the synagogue and used it as a warehouse. From 1942 the Jewish residents of the town were deported and murdered. Since only three Jewish families returned to Bruyères after 1945, the synagogue and the ministre-officiant's house had to be sold. The proceeds were used to rebuild the synagogue in Épinal.
synagogue
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graveyard
The Jewish cemetery in Bruyères was established next to the communal cemetery in 1876. Some gravestones ( Mazevot ) are still there.
Ministre-officiant
- until 1900: Isaac Gross
- until the end of the 1920s: Simon Wagner
Web links
literature
- Gilles Grivel: Bruyères . In: Henry Schumann: Mémoire des communautés juives. Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse et Vosges . Editions Serpenoise, Metz 2003, ISBN 2-87692-585-0 .
