Jewish community of Göcklingen
The Göcklingen Jewish community in Göcklingen existed until around 1900. It belonged to the Landau district rabbinate .
history
Jews who lived in the Göcklingen area were named as early as the 17th century. The number of members of the Jewish community increased by the middle of the 19th century and reached its peak in 1835. The community belonged to the area of responsibility of the district rabbinate Landau. From the middle of the 19th century, there were several waves of emigration and emigration, mainly to the United States and, in the course of advancing industrialization, to the larger cities. This meant that the number of Jewish residents of Göcklingen also declined. Approx. In 1900 the community lost its independence due to the small number of members. From this point on, the remaining inhabitants belonged to the Jewish community of Ingenheim . After 1924 the last three Jewish residents also left Göcklingen.
Development of the Jewish population
year | Jews | Jewish families | comment |
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1801 | 26th | ||
1808 | 41 | ||
1825 | 72 | 5 percent of the population of Göcklingen | |
1835 | 91 | ||
1848 | 61 | 11 | |
1875 | 41 | ||
1900 | 13 | ||
1910 | 9 | ||
1924 | 3 |
Source: alemannia-judaica.de; jewische-gemeinden.de
Facilities
synagogue
The synagogue was built around 1850 in today's Schulstrasse 17. After its abandonment around 1900, it was sold to a winemaker and is now used as a residential building.
Mikveh
The mikveh is still preserved today and is located in the back yard of the Sommer restaurant at Hauptstraße 12.
graveyard
The community did not have its own cemetery. The Jewish cemetery in Annweiler and from then on the Jewish cemetery in Ingenheim was used for burials until the end of the 17th century .
school
The community had a Jewish religious school. It was housed in the same building as the mikveh. These rooms are still preserved today, but are used as storage rooms.
Holocaust victim
In the memorial book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny 1933–1945 and in the Central Database of the Names of the Holocaust Victims of Yad Vashem , the following members of the Jewish community Göcklingen (who were born there or lived temporarily) are listed who were born during the time of Nazism were murdered:
Surname | First name | Time of death | Age | Place of death | comment | swell |
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Emma | van Geldern | July 29, 1942 | 83 years | Theresienstadt ghetto | Deportation on July 21, 1942 from Düsseldorf to Ghetto Theresienstadt (Transport VII / 1 / Zug Da 70. Deportation number in transport: 217). | Yad Vashem (database, data set No. 11503791 and 4907561) / Memorial book for the victims of the Nazi persecution of Jews in Germany |
Mayer | Else | unknown | unknown | Auschwitz concentration camp | Deportation on October 22, 1940 from Karlsruhe to the Gurs internment camp . Deportation on August 10, 1942 from the Drancy assembly camp to Auschwitz concentration camp. | Yad Vashem (database, record no. 11590796) / memorial book for the victims of the Nazi persecution of Jews in Germany |
seal | Gustav | November 25, 1940 | 82 years | Gurs internment camp | Deportation on October 22, 1940 from Mannheim to Gurs internment camp. | Yad Vashem (database, record no. 11633210) / Memorial book for the victims of the Nazi persecution of Jews in Germany |
Wolff | pink | October 7, 1943 | 86 years | Theresienstadt ghetto | Emigrated to Luxembourg. Deported on April 6, 1943 from Luxembourg to Theresienstadt ghetto. | Yad Vashem (database, record no. 11658198) / memorial book for the victims of the Nazi persecution of Jews in Germany |
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literature
- Franz Schmidt: The stones speak: Evidence of Jewish life in the southern Weinstrasse district. Verlag Junge Literatur, Rhodt 1989, ISBN 978-3887172053 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Göcklingen (VG Landau-Land, district Südliche Weinstrasse) . alemannia-judaica.de. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ↑ a b Landau (Rhineland-Palatinate) . jewische-gemeinden.de. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ↑ Commemorative Book Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933–1945 . Federal Archives. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ Central database of the names of Holocaust victims . Yad Vashem - International Holocaust Memorial. Retrieved April 26, 2020.