Seligmann Bacharach

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Seligmann Bacharach (born December 15, 1789 , † November 26, 1880 in Hamm ) was a merchant of the Jewish faith in Hamm. He made a name for himself through generous donations to the Jewish community . In 1842, for example, he acted as one of the buyers of a property that was transferred to the municipality in 1865. This donation enabled the establishment of a Jewish school from 1846 and later the construction of the Hamm synagogue (1868).

family

Seligmann Bacharach's wife was called Bertha or Bila (1802–1868) and was the daughter of a man named Lipmann .

Life

The Jewish merchant was a member of a protection commission that had set itself the goal of taking preventive measures against cholera diseases. In 1837 he represented August Meese in the rifle club Hamm.

In 1840 he carried out a fundraising campaign for the Alexander Haindorf school project in Münster . The municipality of Hamm supported this fundraising campaign with the following appeal in the Westfälischer Anzeiger:

In the next week, Mr. Seligmann Bacharach will collect the mild contributions from residents of the local administrative district for the association for Westphalia and the Rhine Province, which exists in Münster under the direction of Professor Haindorff, for the education of elementary teachers and the promotion of craftsmen and arts among the Jews. The most recent annual reports testify to the charitable activity of the association, which promotes industry and the striving for higher education, and we recommend the institution of the philanthropic participation of our fellow citizens, however much in need of further aid.

Hamm, April 13, 1840

The magistrate .

Together with Israel Gerson , Elias Marks , Elias Spanier and Levi Stern , Seligmann Bacharach bought a plot of land and a house at Martin-Luther-Strasse 5 in 1842. The attempt to make this plot of land available to the Jewish community for the construction of a synagogue initially failed the lack of corporate rights of the municipality. At that time, the Jews in Hamm were not granted full equality, this only happened through the Prussian constitution of 1850. However, since the Napoleonic campaigns and the temporary incorporation of the County of Mark into the Grand Duchy of Berg , the Jewish population was no longer completely entitled to civil rights cut off so that they could now operate more freely than in the centuries before. For this reason, the Arnsberg district government at least allowed the community to use the building as a Jewish school from 1846.

However, the transfer to the property of the community only succeeded in 1866. Only then did the authorities sufficiently familiarize themselves with the new provisions of the Prussian constitution, which now granted the Jewish community full right to corporation. The donation was confirmed on September 12, 1966. The congregation was finally able to begin planning the new construction of their synagogue, which had already been decided in 1855 and which was put into practice in 1868.

Seligmann Bacharach is a city councilor for the years 1843 to 1847.

When he died in 1880, a memorial was erected in his honor in the Jewish section of the Ostenfriedhof , which can still be viewed there today. His wife also received such a memorial.

Tomb of Seligmann Bacharach († 1880) in the Ostenfriedhof

Tomb of Seligmann Bacharach
RIP

MERCHANT SELIGMANN BACHARACH
BORN. D. DIED DECEMBER 15, 1789
. D. NOVEMBER 26, 1880

Text based on Hilscher 1994, p. 45

(Hebrew inscription on the back of the tomb )

JUST YOU ARE GOD AND YOUR LAWS ARE JUST BECAUSE
YOU REWARD PEOPLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS DEEDS,
PSALM [?]
HERE IS HIDDEN AND BURIED A MAN AND
CHURCH LEADER , A RIGHTS REPRESENTATIVE AND HIS (...)
(...) REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GOVERNMENT, THAT IS MR SELIGMANN,
CALLED JITZCHAK, SON OF KOHEN MEIR,
BORN ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE YEAR 549
AND DIED AND WALKED INTO HIS WORLD
(ON [?]) 21. KISLEW 611 AND HIS SOUL ARE IN THE GARDEN EDEN [?]
AND PART OF THE BUNDLE OF LIFE
AMEN SELA

Tomb of Bertha Seligmann Bacharach († 1868) in the east cemetery

Tomb of Bertha Seligmann Bacharach
RIP

MRS.BERTHA
SELIGMANN
BACHARACH
BORN FROM DINSLAKEN . DIED 10TH MARCH 1802
. D. APRIL 27, 1868


THOSE LOVED
AND WERE THEUER IN LIFE ARE
NOT SEPARATED IN DEATH

Text based on Hilscher 1994, p. 43

(Hebrew inscription on the back of the tomb )


A RIGHTLY AND COURIOUS WOMAN IS BURIED HERE, WALKED
THE PATH OF SINCERITY,
ACTING JUSTICE ALL HER DAYS,
LEADING HER CHILDREN TO THORA,
THAT'S WIFE BILA, DAUGHTER OF LIPMANN,
BORN ON 625 ADAR, 563
AND STARBED ON 625 ADAR 563

YOUR SOUL IS INTEGRATED IN THE BUNDLE OF LIFE

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Documented for the year 1832.
  2. ^ Statutes of the rifle club in Hamm from 1837.

literature

  • Elke Hilscher: "... love cannot perish ..." Jewish cemetery in Hamm. Documentation in pictures . Photography: Heinz Feussner. Chief City Director of Hamm, Hamm 1994, ISBN 3-929314-01-0 .
  • Andreas Skopnik: "Open the gates of justice". Construction and demolition of the New Synagogue in Hamm 1868-1939 . Westfälischer Anzeiger Verlags-Gesellschaft, Hamm 1995, ISBN 3-924966-07-9 , p. 8.
  • Unser Westfalen 1997, p. 26 (but without reference to the source).
  • Westfälischer Anzeiger from April 15, 1840.

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personal data
SURNAME Bacharach, Seligmann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jewish merchant
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1789
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1880
Place of death Hamm