Synagogue (Thalfang)

Thalfang synagogue
place	Thalfang
Architectural style	Four-axis plastered construction
Construction year	1822
demolition	1956
Coordinates	49 ° 45 '18.8 "  N , 6 ° 59' 46.2"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 45 '18.8 "  N , 6 ° 59' 46.2"  E

The synagogue in Thalfang was built in 1822 on Im Judenecken (today's Friedhofstrasse 9). The synagogue was devastated during the November pogroms in 1938 . Books and writings were partly burned on the market square. After the restitution proceedings were completed , the religious community sold the building to a private individual. In 1956 the former synagogue was demolished.

synagogue

Before the synagogue was built, the community had a prayer room. In 1822 a synagogue was built on Im Judenecken (today's Friedhofstrasse 9). The teacher's apartment and the classroom were located on the ground floor. The prayer room of the synagogue was on the upper floor. The first floor had three simple rectangular windows. On the upper floor there were three arched windows on the street side and a circular window above the entrance. The glazing of the windows on the upper floor was made of colored glass. In 1857 the synagogue had become dilapidated and extensive renovations were carried out. In 1926 the interior of the synagogue was redesigned by the artist Max Lazarus from Trier . The interior of the synagogue was completely destroyed during the November pogroms in 1938. Books and writings were burned in the market square. The members of the Jewish community were forced to bring them there themselves and burn them. The synagogue was not set on fire due to the dense development and the resulting danger that the flames could spread to the surrounding buildings. After the restitution proceedings were completed, the religious community sold the building to a private individual in 1950. He had the former synagogue torn down in 1956. In 2010 a memorial plaque was erected at the site of the former synagogue.

Jewish community Thalfang

The beginnings of the Jewish community in Thalfang go back to the 17th century. A Jewish resident from Thalfang was first mentioned in a document in 1660. At the beginning of the 18th century, several Jews settled in the Thalfang area. The Jewish residents of Talling , Dhronecken , Bersehen and Deuselbach also belonged to the cultural community of Thalfang . The number of members of the Jewish community rose steadily until the middle of the 19th century and reached its highest level in 1843. In the following decades there was an emigration of Jewish residents, some of whom emigrated to the USA . The community had a mikveh and a Jewish elementary school , which existed until 1921. The congregation had employed its own teacher who also took on the duties of prayer and shochet . The deceased were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Thalfang. The most famous son of the community is the rabbi and religious philosopher Samuel Hirsch, born in Thalfang in 1815 . From 1933, after the seizure of power of Adolf Hitler , the Jewish inhabitants were increasingly disenfranchised. In addition, there were repeated anti-Jewish actions that culminated in the November pogroms in 1938. As a result, many Jewish families left the community. The last Jewish residents left Thalfang in December 1941, following deportations a few months earlier.

Development of the Jewish population

year	Jews	Jewish families	comment
1760		1
1780		3
1825		18th
1833	103
1843	113		21 percent of the population
1895	85
1901	80
1925	52
1933	37
1938	22nd
September 1941	9

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 38 members of the Thalfang Jewish community (who were born there or temporarily lived there) 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 , pp. 362-363.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Thalfang . alemannia-judaica.de. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Thalfang / Hunsrück (Rhineland-Palatinate) . jewische-gemeinden.de. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
3. ^ Former synagogue Thalfang . Database of cultural assets in the Trier region. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
4. ↑ 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. 363.
5. ↑ Commemorative Book Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933–1945 . Federal Archives. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
6. ^ Central database of the names of Holocaust victims . Yad Vashem - International Holocaust Memorial. Retrieved June 9, 2020.