Morhange Jewish Community
A Jewish community in Morhange in the Moselle department in the French region of Lorraine is first recorded in 1637.
history
For a long time, the Jewish community of Morhange had only one prayer room that was rented. In 1901 a synagogue was built, which was destroyed by the German occupiers during the Second World War .
graveyard
The Morhange Jewish cemetery is located on the Impasse du Cimetière Israélite and many gravestones ( Mazevot ) have already sunk into the ground.
literature
- Henry Schumann: Mémoire des communautés juives de Moselle . Éditions Serpenoise, Metz 1999, ISBN 2-87692-430-7 .
Web links
- History of the Morhange Jewish Community (French, accessed April 30, 2015)