Synagogue (almond)

Almond synagogue
place	almond
Construction year	Mid 19th century
demolition	1959/60

The synagogue in Mandel was built in the middle of the 19th century. The synagogue was devastated during the November pogroms in 1938 . In 1959/60 the remains of the building were torn down.

synagogue

Even before the synagogue was built, there was a prayer room in Mandel. This was housed in a private house. The synagogue was built around the middle of the 19th century. It was a small building made of red sandstone with a gable roof. The synagogue had arched windows and was located on a farmer's property. During the November pogroms in 1938, the synagogue was devastated by members of the SA and so badly damaged that only the outer walls were preserved. In 1959/60 the remains of the synagogue were torn down.

Almond Jewish Community

The first Jews settled in the Mandel area in the second half of the 18th century. The community existed until the early 1940s. From the middle of the 19th century, the residents of Weinsheim also belonged to the Jewish community, which had a mikveh and a religious school. At times, a separate religion teacher was employed, who also performed the duties of prayer leader and shochet . The deceased were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Mandel. The most famous son of the Jewish community of Mandel is the economist Julius Hirsch .

Development of the Jewish population

year	Jews	Jewish families	comment
1808	25th
1858	75
1895	48
1925	22nd
1933	23

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

The memorial book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under National Socialist Tyranny 1933–1945 and the Central Database of the Names of the Holocaust Victims of Yad Vashem list 17 members of the Almond Jewish community (who were born there or lived there temporarily) who were during the time of National Socialism were murdered.

literature

• Stefan Fischbach, Ingrid Westerhoff: "... and this is the gate of heaven". Synagogues in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland . Published by the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate , State Conservatory Office of the Saarland, Synagogue Memorial Jerusalem. ( Memorial book of the synagogues in Germany , 2). Verlag Philipp von Zabern , Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3313-7 , p. 263.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} almond . alemannia-judaica.de. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Mandel (Rhineland-Palatinate) . jewische-gemeinden.de. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
3. ↑ Commemorative Book Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933–1945 . Federal Archives. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
4. ^ Central database of the names of Holocaust victims . Yad Vashem - International Holocaust Memorial. Retrieved May 15, 2020.