Jewish community Kochendorf

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A Jewish community in Kochendorf , a district of Bad Friedrichshall in northern Baden-Württemberg , existed as far back as the 16th century according to evidence of individual Jews. The community had its largest membership in 1854, which then fell sharply due to emigration.

history

There are records of Jews at the site as early as the 16th century and by 1740 they had their own synagogue , which was replaced by a new building in 1806. In 1870 the Jewish cemetery in Kochendorf was laid out. By 1854 the community had grown to 155 people and at times made up up to 9% of the town's population. However, as a result of emigration and emigration, the community was greatly reduced in size. In 1925 the Kochendorf synagogue was sold to the Protestant parish, and the Jewish community dissolved before 1933.

The dead of the Jewish community were buried in the Neckarsulm Jewish cemetery and, from 1870, in their own cemetery.

National Socialist Persecution

Of the seven Jews still living in Kochendorf in 1933, five died from the persecution of the Jews from 1940 to 1943: Hedwig Stern, born in 1940 in Grafeneck , Julie Herz in the Trostinec camp in 1942 , Hannchen Herz, Lina Salomon and Jakob called Julius Herz in 1942/43 in Theresienstadt . (Angerbauer / Frank, p. 133)

The memorial book of the Federal Archives lists 4 Jewish citizens born in Kochendorf who fell victim to the genocide of the National Socialist regime .

Common names

When all Jews in Württemberg had to accept hereditary family names in 1828, the 23 heads of the Kochendorf Jews took the following names: Herz (5), Eisig (3), Gutmann (2), Levi (2), Neumann (2), Baruch (1 ), Däfele (1), Kahn (1), Kalmann (1), Löw (1), Moses (1), Oppenheimer (1), Salomon (1) and Weissenburger (1).

Community development

year Parishioners
1807 78 people
1828 106 people
1841 132 people
1854 155 people
1880 71 people
1900 40 people
1925 7 people
1933 7 people

literature

  • Wolfram Angerbauer , Hans Georg Frank: Jewish communities in the district and city of Heilbronn. History, fates, documents . District of Heilbronn, Heilbronn 1986 ( series of publications of the district of Heilbronn . Volume 1), pp. 126-133.
  • 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. 18-20.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Commemorative Book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933 - 1945 . Retrieved October 29, 2009.