Synagogue (Freudenburg)

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The synagogue in Freudenburg was built in 1784/85 in Hintergasse (today's Balduinstraße 7). During the 153 years of use, the building was renovated several times. During the November pogroms in 1938 , the interior was completely destroyed and the synagogue was then set on fire. The synagogue, further damaged by bombing towards the end of World War II , was demolished in 1962.

synagogue

A prayer room already existed in the community at the end of the 17th century. The synagogue was built in 1784/85 in what was then Hintergasse (today's Balduinstraße 7) on this property, a little way back from the street. It was a simple building with a pointed gable and a small annex on the side in which the Torah shrine was located. The interior had no murals. The windows were made of simple, non-colored glass. The synagogue was repaired several times. After a renovation in 1879, the synagogue had 25 seats for men and a women's gallery with 20 seats. The gallery was built in 1860 and accessible from the outside via a staircase. The last renovation took place in 1925. This involved repairing damage to the roof through which water had penetrated the synagogue, which had damaged the Torah shrine. During the November pogroms in 1938, the synagogue was devastated and set on fire. The already heavily damaged building was further destroyed in bombing raids in 1944/45. After the end of the Second World War, only part of the gable was left. In 1962, the municipality of Freudenburg, which had acquired the property and the ruins in 1956, had the remains demolished. There is now a memorial stone at the former location of the synagogue. The inscription reads:

In memory of our fellow citizens of the Jewish faith, of their synagogue on this square.
In memory of the fate she suffered through injustice and violence between 1933 and 1945.
The secret of reconciliation is called memory.
The citizens of the local community Freudenburg 1995.

Freudenburg Jewish Community

The Jewish community of Freudenburg also included the Jewish residents of the neighboring community of Weiten . A Jewish resident named Hirtz was first mentioned in Freudenburg in 1589. He had acquired the right of residence in the Vordergaß (today's Burgstrasse) from the Abbot of St. Maximin. The deceased were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Freudenburg. The Jewish community had its own religious school. At times, a separate religion teacher was employed, who also performed the duties of prayer leader and shochet . The, after the seizure of power of Adolf Hitler in 1933, ever-increasing repression against Jewish citizens led many Jewish citizens to emigrate. As a result, at the time of the November pogroms in 1938, only 14 residents of Jewish faith lived in Freudenberg. The last Jewish residents were brought to Trier in September 1939 .

Development of the Jewish population

year Jews Jewish families
1700 5
1769 7th
1800 10
1808 5
1833 35
1843 46
1845 51
1860 57
1875 62
1900 67
1924 75
1933 44 or 54
1935 50
1936 36
1938 14th
1939 4 or 6
  1. ↑ a b The sources give different numbers here

Source: alemannia-judaica.de; jewische-gemeinden.de

A total of 68 members of the Jewish community from Freudenberg and from Weiten (who were born there or lived there for a while) were murdered during the time of National Socialism .

literature

  • Cilli Kasper-Holtkatte: Jews on the move. On the social history of a minority in the Saar-Mosel area around 1800. In: Helmut Castritius (Ed.), Alfred Haverkamp (Ed.), Franz Irsigler (Ed.), Stefi Jersch-Wenzel (Ed.): Research on the history of the Jews (= Research on the history of the Jews. Volume 3). Hahnsche Buchhandlung Verlag, Hanover 1996, ISBN 978-3775256124 . ( online )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Freudenburg (VG Saarburg, Trier-Saarburg district) . alemannia-judaica.de. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b c Freudenburg / Saar (Rhineland-Palatinate) . jewische-gemeinden.de. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b Dirk S. Lennartz, Günter Heidt: Forgotten witnesses. Monuments of the Jewish history of Freudenburg. In: Matthias Molitor (ed.), Hans-Eberhard Berkemann (ed.): SACHOR. Contributions to Jewish history and memorial work in Rhineland-Palatinate (= contributions to Jewish history and memorial work in Rhineland-Palatinate. Issue 1/1996, issue no. 11). Verlag Matthias Ess, Bad Kreuznach 1996, pp. 5-18. ( online )
  4. ↑ List of names of the online version of the memorial book for the victims of the Nazi persecution of Jews at: www.bundesarchiv.de, accessed on March 21, 2020
  5. ↑ Yad Vashem - Central Database of the Names of Holocaust Victims On: yvng.yadvashem.org, accessed on March 21, 2020

Coordinates: 49 ° 32 '26.9 "  N , 6 ° 31' 57.8"  E