Butzweiler Jewish community

The Jewish community in Butzweiler , part of the local community Newel in the district of Trier-Saarburg in Rhineland-Palatinate , was established after 1753. The Jewish community in Butzweiler existed until 1938/40.

history

Postcard from Butzweiler with the synagogue (far right)

In 1753, Jewish residents are recorded for the first time in Butzweiler. With the inauguration of the new synagogue in 1892, the final separation from the Jewish community in Aach took place .

The Jewish community owned a synagogue , a religious school, a ritual bath and, since 1865, a cemetery on a hill on the eastern edge of the village . At times, a religion teacher was employed, who also worked as a prayer leader and schochet . The community belonged to the Trier rabbinical district.

The Jewish inhabitants of Edingen , Kordel and Ralingen also belonged to the Jewish community of Butzweiler .

Community development

year	Parishioners
1808	13
1833	33
1843	49
1860	93
1895	71
1925	54
1933	50
1938	32

National Socialist Persecution

After 1933, some of the Jewish community members moved away or emigrated due to the increasing disenfranchisement and reprisals during the National Socialist era . During the November pogrom in 1938 , the synagogue was desecrated by SA men and local residents and its interior was destroyed. The homes of the Jewish citizens were attacked and devastated. The Jewish cemetery was destroyed.

In May 1939 there were still 16 Jewish citizens living in Butzweiler, most of whom moved to Trier in the following period . The last five Jewish inhabitants were from Butzweiler in February 1943 deported .

The memorial book of the Federal Archives lists 50 Jewish citizens born in Butzweiler who fell victim to the genocide of the National Socialist regime .

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 version ).
Stefan Fischbach, Ingrid Westerhoff: "... and this is the gate of heaven". Synagogues in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland . Published by the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate , State Conservatory Office of the Saarland, Synagogue Memorial Jerusalem. Verlag Philipp von Zabern , Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3313-7 , ( Memorial Book of Synagogues in Germany 2), pp. 289–290.

Web links

Jewish community Butzweiler near Alemannia Judaica
Entry on Butzweiler's Jewish history in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .

Individual evidence

↑ Commemorative Book - Victims of Persecution of the Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933–1945 . Retrieved November 5, 2018.

[1] Commemorative Book - Victims of Persecution of the Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933–1945 . Retrieved November 5, 2018.