Jewish community of Kleineicholzheim

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The Jewish community in Kleineicholzheim in the Neckar-Odenwald district in Baden-Württemberg originated in the 18th century and existed until the time of National Socialism .

history

In Kleineichholzheim there was a Jewish community from the 18th century until 1938. Census results show that in 1864 a third of the population was Jewish. The Jewish families lived from trading in textiles and cattle. In 1843, the Jewish community acquired the former castle of Count von Waldkirch and used it as a synagogue until 1876, then as a religious school. The dead were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Bödigheim and the ritual bath was on the western edge of the village on the Eberbach; today it is privately owned. Until the inauguration of the new synagogue in Großreichholzheim in 1885, the preparatory services were held by a teacher, then by parishioners. In 1827 the community was assigned to the Mosbach rabbinical district. During the First World War , the Jewish community had a fallen to complain, it was a war memorial in the Jewish cemetery in Bödigheim built. Despite the economic boycott, the majority of the Jewish population stayed until October 22, 1940, when the last fifteen Jewish members were deported to Gurs.

literature

  • Franz Hundsnurscher / Gerhard Taddey: The Jewish communities in Baden. 1968. pp. 156-157.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Alemannia Judaica: Kleineicholzheim (community Schefflenz, Neckar-Odenwald district) Jewish history / prayer hall / synagogue . Working group for research into the history of the Jews in southern Germany and neighboring areas. Online at www.alemannia-judaica.de. Retrieved June 15, 2018.

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