Jonas Eisinger

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Jonas Eisinger ( September 15, 1844 in Merchingen - June 4, 1914 in Stebbach ) was a council clerk in Stebbach and was made an honorary citizen there in 1912 . However, his honorary citizenship was posthumously revoked in 1936 because of his Jewish faith.

Life

Jonas Eisinger was born as the son of Pfeiffer and Rösle Eisinger. In the 1860s he accepted the position of rabbi for the Stebbach Jewish community . In this small Jewish community he was both prayer leader and teacher of the Jewish children. In the middle of the 19th century Stebbach had about 880 inhabitants, of which about 13% were Jewish.

In 1872 Jonas Eisinger was appointed councilor for the community of Stebbach, an independent village in the Eppingen district office . Jonas Eisinger married Jette geb. Eisemann (born August 6, 1854, † September 7, 1924), who came from a Jewish family that had been living in Stebbach for a long time. The children Bernhard (* 1877) and Elsa (* 1879) came from this marriage. After 40 years of service, Jonas Eisinger was retired in 1912 and was made an honorary citizen by Stebbach for his great services to the community . During the time of National Socialism , this was officially withdrawn from him in 1936 due to his Jewish faith, although he had already died in 1914. Jonas Eisinger was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Eppingen .

progeny

His son Bernhard settled in Marseille around 1900 and built up a grain trading company that soon had global business relationships. Bernhard Eisinger was with Alice, geb. Siegel, married from Mulhouse in Alsace . From this marriage came Roger (1913–1992) and Eliane (* 1916).

Roger Eisinger, the grandson of Stebbach's honorary citizen Jonas Eisinger, lived as a writer in Marseille after he had given up his work as a grain dealer in the 1960s. He wrote poetry and plays under the pseudonym Emmanuel Eydoux .

literature

  • Wolfram Angerbauer , Hans Georg Frank: Jewish communities in the district and city of Heilbronn. History, fates, documents . District of Heilbronn, Heilbronn 1986 ( series of publications of the district of Heilbronn . Volume 1)
  • Wolfgang Ehret: "Stebbach - Eppingen im Land". Roger Eisinger's memories of a village that no longer exists . In: Eppingen. Around the Ottilienberg. Contributions to the history of the city of Eppingen and the surrounding area , Volume 9/2010, Ed .: Heimatfreunde Eppingen , Eppingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-930172-21-4 , pp. 129–140.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Angerbauer / Frank 1986, pp. 299-302.
  2. ↑ Gravestone No. 584 in the Jewish cemetery in Eppingen , see Ralf Bischoff and Reinhard Hauke ​​(eds.): The Jewish cemetery in Eppingen. A documentation . 2nd Edition. Heimatfreunde Eppingen , Eppingen 1996 ( Around the Ottilienberg. Contributions to the history of the city of Eppingen and its surroundings . Volume 5). Photo of the tombstone on page 273.
  3. ↑ Gravestone No. 584 (double grave with his wife) in the Jewish cemetery in Eppingen.
personal data
SURNAME Eisinger, Jonas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rabbi and councilor
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Merchingen
DATE OF DEATH June 4, 1914
Place of death Stebbach