Jewish community in Nussloch

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The Jewish community in Nussloch , a community in the Rhein-Neckar district in Baden-Württemberg , was founded in the 17th and 18th centuries. Century and existed until 1938.

history

In 1712 Jews are mentioned for the first time in Nussloch . The Jewish community had a synagogue , a religious school and a ritual bath ( mikveh ). In the 18th century there was probably a Jewish cemetery on site, the location of which is no longer known. The dead of the Jewish community in Nussloch were buried in Heidelberg or in the Jewish cemetery in Wiesloch in the 19th and 20th centuries . The community had belonged to the Heidelberg district rabbinate since 1827 .

National Socialist Persecution

The last four Jewish residents were deported to Gurs in October 1940 as part of the so-called Wagner-Bürckel campaign .

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

Community development

year Parishioners
1825 51 people 2.9% of 1770 inhabitants
1871 68 people
1875 65 people 2.3% of 2766 inhabitants
1900 41 people 1.3% of 3100 inhabitants
1910 37 people 1.1% of 3324 inhabitants
1933 21 people
1938 10 people
1940 4 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 , pp. 353-354 ( Memorial book of the synagogues in Germany . Volume 4).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Commemorative Book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933 - 1945 . Retrieved February 18, 2013.