Rémilly Jewish community

A Jewish community in Rémilly in the Moselle department in the French region of Lorraine was established by the 19th century at the latest.

history

The Jewish community of Rémilly used the synagogue in Tragny until their own synagogue was built in 1885 . The synagogue in Rémilly was inaugurated on July 31, 1885; it was desecrated during World War II and sold in 1959. The tablets of the law that were on the roof of the synagogue are now in the entrance area of ​​the town hall. From 1808 the Jewish community belonged to the Israelite consistorial district of Metz .

National Socialist Persecution

16 Jewish residents were deported and murdered by the German occupiers in 1942/43 , including seven children.

literature

• Henry Schumann: Mémoire des communautés juives de Moselle . Éditions Serpenoise, Metz 1999, ISBN 2-87692-430-7 .