Ketch Jewish community

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The Jewish community in Ketsch , a community in the Rhein-Neckar district ( Baden-Württemberg ), came into being in the 18th century and existed until the mid-1930s.

history

In 1727 Jews are mentioned for the first time in the village. The highest number of Jewish residents was around 1853 with 44 people. The Jewish residents living in neighboring Brühl also belonged to the Jewish community in Ketsch (five in 1900, six in 1910, four in 1925, six in 1933).

The Jewish community in Ketsch had a prayer room and probably also a room for religious instruction for the children. Presumably the teacher of the Jewish community in Schwetzingen always looked after the Jewish children in Ketsch. The community's dead were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Wiesloch . In 1827 the Jewish community of Ketsch was assigned to the Heidelberg district rabbinate.

One Jewish resident was a member of the citizens' committee after 1900, another was a co-founder of the volunteer fire brigade in 1908. Several Jewish residents were members of the local associations.

National Socialist Persecution

Due to the consequences of the economic boycott and reprisals, several Jewish residents of Ketsch emigrated or moved to other places after 1933. Of the Jewish residents living in Ketsch in 1933, five were deported to the Gurs camp in southern France as part of the so-called Wagner-Bürckel campaign in October 1940 (from other locations) .

The memorial book of the Federal Archives lists 13 Jewish citizens born in Ketsch who fell victim to the genocide of the National Socialist regime .

Community development

year Parishioners
1825 24 people 3.6% of the population
around 1853 44 people
1871 39 people
1875 20 people 1.3% of the population
1900 27 people 1.1% of the population
1910 26 people 0.9% of the population
around 1924 16 people 0.4% of the population
1933 13 people

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 2: Großbock - Ochtendung. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08078-9 ( online version ).
  • Joachim Hahn and Jürgen Krüger: Synagogues in Baden-Württemberg . Volume 2: Joachim Hahn: Places and Facilities . Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1843-5 ( Memorial Book of the Synagogues in Germany . Volume 4), pp. 243–244.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Commemorative Book - Victims of Persecution of the Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933–1945 . Retrieved November 18, 2012.