Föhr Jewish children's home
The Föhr Jewish Children's Home was an institution of the Jewish Women's Association that existed in Wyk auf Föhr from 1927 to 1938 .
With the help of Sidonie Werner , the Jewish Women's Association opened its own children's and recreation home in Wyk in 1927. Here on the south beach, Jewish children at risk of tuberculosis from the big cities should find relaxation. In addition to this facility on Gmelinstrasse, there was also the private Weinberg house on Feldstrasse .
From 1933 children and staff were intimidated and harassed. Since 1935, Jewish children on the island were considered "undesirable" and their stay was increasingly made impossible. In June 1938, the house burned out due to an electrical fault. The local administration expressed "serious concerns" about reconstruction. The operation was then continued in Haus Weinberg .
During the pogrom night from November 9th to 10th, 1938, the Weinberg house was also attacked by Nazi supporters. After running the gauntlet through the streets of Wyk, the last Jewish children were taken away in a motorboat. The remains of the building in Gmelinstrasse were completely removed. The facility on Feldstrasse had to be sold to the National Socialist People's Welfare as part of the “ Aryanization ” .
There is now a residential building at the site of the Jewish children's home on Gmelinstrasse; the community of owners has so far refused to put up a memorial plaque.
literature
- Martin Kaule: North Sea Coast 1933–1945. Ch.links, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-86153-633-8 , p. 96.
- Dirk Warkus-Thomsen: Jewish children belong in Jewish homes. In: Menorah and Swastika. Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1998, ISBN 3-529-06149-2 , pp. 387-396.
Web links
- List of articles about the children's home in Jewish or Israelite community newspapers
- Meeting of historians 1999 on Jewish life and the persecution of Jews in Friesland ( Memento from August 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Lecture of the Ferring Foundation 2008 on "Jews on Föhr" ( Memento from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive )