Vic-sur-Seille Jewish community

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A Jewish Community in Vic-sur-Seille in the Moselle department in the French region of Lorraine existed since the 18th century.

history

Even before the French Revolution there were Jewish families in the village. In 1840 there were 130 Jewish residents in the village and after 1871, as in most rural areas, their number decreased due to emigration to neighboring cities. Most of the Jewish residents lived on Rue des Petites Salines, near the Seille (this area was destroyed by bombs in 1944).

Plaque in memory of the synagogue

The Vic Jewish community employed a teacher and a cantor . He came from Amsterdam in 1808 and also performed the duties of the Schochet . The Jewish community had belonged to the Israelite consistorial district of Metz since the same year .

synagogue

In 1829, the Vic Jewish community established a synagogue in the former chapel of the nuns of Notre-Dame, on Place du Château . The synagogue was destroyed by the German occupiers during the Second World War .

literature

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

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