Telč Jewish Community

Entrance to the Jewish cemetery in Telč

Former synagogue in Telč, now a residential building

The Jewish community in Telč (German Teltsch ), a Czech city in Jihlava District of Olomouc region , originated in the 16th century.

history

The first mention of Jews in Telč is handed down in 1580. At the beginning of the 17th century, four families lived here, by 1690 there were already eleven families. Since the beginning of the 18th century they lived like in a ghetto in Judengasse .

The Jewish community in Telč, one of the smallest in South Moravia, had around 100 members around 1910.

On May 15, 1942, all 67 Jews from Telč were deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp .

Community development

year	Jews
around 1600	4 families
1670	6 families
1691	11 families
1840	73 people (with 3405 inhabitants)
1921	93 people
1942	67 people

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 ).

Web links

Commons : Telč Jewish Community - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ [Josef Hrdlička, Markéta Hrdličková, Antonín Bína: Telč. Sights in and around the city. Dobrý důvod, Telč 2007, p. 33, ISBN 978-80-903546-4-7 ]
^ [Josef Hrdlička, Markéta Hrdličková, Antonín Bína: Telč. Sights in and around the city. Dobrý důvod, Telč 2007, p. 33, ISBN 978-80-903546-4-7 ]

[1] [Josef Hrdlička, Markéta Hrdličková, Antonín Bína: Telč. Sights in and around the city. Dobrý důvod, Telč 2007, p. 33, ISBN 978-80-903546-4-7 ]

[2] [Josef Hrdlička, Markéta Hrdličková, Antonín Bína: Telč. Sights in and around the city. Dobrý důvod, Telč 2007, p. 33, ISBN 978-80-903546-4-7 ]