Jewish community of Rust

A Jewish community in Rust , a community in the Ortenau district in Baden-Württemberg , had existed since the 17th century.

history

The development of the modern Jewish community goes back to the 17th century, because for the first time a Jew Samuel from Rust is mentioned in 1676 . The Jewish families lived mainly from trading in cattle and other goods.

From 1833 to 1876 there was a Jewish elementary school (elementary school) for which a teacher was employed.

synagogue

In 1746 a prayer room was set up in a private house. This prayer room became too small for the increasing number of parishioners and in 1835 the Jewish community was able to buy a piece of land for a new synagogue in Ritterstrasse. Due to a lack of financial means, the construction of the new synagogue had to be postponed. The synagogue was built from 1855 to 1857 according to the plans of the architect Georg Jakob Schneider from Freiburg and inaugurated on September 4, 1857. The Moorish style elements, such as the horseshoe arches of the windows, were typical of the time. Above the entrance portal was the Hebrew inscription: Guard your foot when you enter the house of God. He can be heard close by ( Ecclesiastes 4:17).

The synagogue was used for worship by the Jewish community until 1930 . Since the necessary minyan was no longer available in Rust , the Jewish residents of Rust attended the services in Altdorf .

During the November pogroms in 1938 , the Rust synagogue was devastated and all the window panes smashed. In 1940 the building was badly damaged by French artillery fire and in 1941 the community of Rust bought the synagogue. In 1965 the synagogue was demolished and the property was built over with a Raiffeisengenossenschaft warehouse , on which a memorial plaque for the synagogue was attached.

National Socialist Persecution

The memorial book of the Federal Archives lists 17 Jewish citizens born in Rust who fell victim to the genocide of the National Socialist regime .

Community development

year	Parishioners
1740	10 families
1809	5 families
1864	219 people
1933	26 people

literature

• Joachim Hahn and Jürgen Krüger: Synagogues in Baden-Württemberg . Volume 2: Joachim Hahn: Places and Facilities . Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, pp. 410-413, ISBN 978-3-8062-1843-5 ( Memorial book of the synagogues in Germany . Volume 4).

Web links

• Jewish community Rust near Alemannia Judaica

Individual evidence

1. ^ Commemorative Book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933 - 1945 . Retrieved February 11, 2010.