Jewish cemetery (Flacht)

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Jewish cemetery in Flacht
Memorial stone
Tombstones
Memorial stone for Jewish victims in the community cemetery

The Jewish cemetery of Flacht , a local community in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate , is located outside the village, about 300 meters above the communal cemetery. The cemetery covers an area of ​​4.63 acres. It was created in 1921. Before that, the deceased of the Jewish community of Flacht were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Diez .

A memorial stone was erected in the cemetery in 1962 at the suggestion of Jehuda Leopold Frank . Another memorial stone, which commemorates the 21 deaths of the National Socialist dictatorship, is located in the community cemetery.

The Jewish community

Between the 18th century and the years 1938/39 there was a small Jewish community in Flacht (with Niederneisen) . The Jews made up about 5% of the population.

In addition to the cemetery, the Jewish community had a synagogue , a Jewish school (religious school) and a ritual bath ( mikveh ) in Niederneisen. After the seizure of power by the National Socialists, the history of the Jewish community ended. In 1936 six Jewish residents left the town, nine in 1938 and eleven in 1939, most of them moving to Frankfurt am Main and other cities; some managed to emigrate to the USA or to Palestine. During the November pogroms in 1938 , the synagogue and the Jewish cemetery were completely devastated.

Graves

Today there are eleven graves or tombstones. These are:

  • Dina Saalberg born Arfeld (1849–1925, without tombstone)
  • Isaak Frank (1854–1926, with memorial inscription for Therese Frank, 1865–1942)
  • Toni Grünfeld born Arfeld (1893-1926)
  • Ludwig Frank (1926–1926)
  • Salomon Löwenstein (1884–1929)
  • Hermann Arfeld (1884–1931)
  • Levi Adler from Oberneisen (? –1931)
  • Norbert Arfeld (1887–1935)
  • Caroline Arfeld (1853-1936)
  • Nathan Hermann from Niederneisen (1865–1936, without a tombstone, instead a memorial stone for the grandson Günther - Garx Mendel from Niederneisen, 1921–2001 in New York)

Web links

Commons : Jüdischer Friedhof (Flacht)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ′ 22.6 "  N , 8 ° 2 ′ 47.5"  E