Synagogue (Baumholder)

The synagogue in Baumholder is first mentioned in 1850. The location of the synagogue was in Dielgarten. In 1933 the synagogue was given up due to its dilapidation.

synagogue

The synagogue, of which the exact construction date is not known, is mentioned for the first time in 1850. Before that there was probably a prayer room in the community. In 1913 an application was made for a grant to renovate the synagogue. In 1933 the synagogue was completely abandoned because it was in disrepair.

Baumholder Jewish Community

The first settlement of Jewish residents took place in the 18th century. In addition to the synagogue, the Jewish community had a religious school and a mikveh . 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 Hoppstädten . Since in the 1920s the minyan required to conduct a service could no longer be formed regularly, services were only held irregularly. At that time, the Jewish residents were already attending the services in the synagogue in Hoppstädten . From 1933, after the seizure of power of Adolf Hitler , the Jewish inhabitants were increasingly disenfranchised. In addition, there were repeated anti-Jewish actions. As a result, many Jewish families left Baumholder. 11 residents emigrated to the United States . In mid-1939 there were no more Jewish residents living in Baumholder

Development of the Jewish population

year	Jews	Jewish families
1808	18th
1837	25th
1870	40
1871	42
1905	37
1924	28
1933	27
July 1939	no

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

The memorial book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny 1933–1945 and the Central Database of the Names of the Holocaust Victims of Yad Vashem list 20 members of the Baumholder Jewish community (who were born there or lived there temporarily) who were during the time of National Socialism were murdered.

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 )
• Stefan Fischbach, Ingrid Westerhoff: ... and this is the gate of heaven. Synagogues Rhineland-Palatinate - Saarland. In: Memorial Book of Synagogues in Germany (= Memorial Book of Synagogues in Germany. Volume 2). Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2005, ISBN 978-3805333139 , p. 98.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Baumholder (Birkenfeld district) . alemannia-judaica.de. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Hoppstädten-Weiersbach / Nahe . jewische-gemeinden.de. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
3. ↑ Commemorative Book Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933–1945 . Federal Archives. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
4. ^ Central database of the names of Holocaust victims . Yad Vashem - International Holocaust Memorial. Retrieved April 2, 2020.