Jewish community of Puklice

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Jewish cemetery in Puklice
Profane synagogue in Puklice (2013)

The Jewish community in Puklice (German Puklitz ), a Czech community in Okres Jihlava in the Vysočina region , was founded in the 15th century.

history

In the 15th century , Jews expelled from Iglau found a new place of residence in Puklice (see also: Jihlava Jewish Community # History ). The first mention of Jewish families in Puklice comes from 1454.

The Jewish quarter consisted of only a few houses.

At the beginning of the 1930s there were only six Jewish residents left in the village.

synagogue

graveyard

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 edition ).

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