Bengel Synagogue (Mosel)

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place	Brat
Coordinates	50 ° 1 '1.2 "  N , 7 ° 3' 54.1"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 1 '1.2 "  N , 7 ° 3' 54.1"  E

The synagogue in Bengel was built in 1896 at Kondelstrasse 7. It was given up in 1929 and sold to a private person in 1933. He converted the synagogue into a residential building that is still in use today.

synagogue

The first synagogue in the community, which came from the first half of the 19th century, was closed by the authorities in 1885 due to its dilapidation. The small community, whose members belonged to the poor part of the population, needed almost 10 years to raise the funds needed to build a new synagogue. The synagogue was built in 1896 at Kondelstrasse 7. Since around 1929 the minyan required to hold a church service was no longer achieved, the synagogue was given up in 1929. From this point on, the members of the community visited the synagogue in Bausendorf . In 1933 the synagogue was sold to a private person. He converted the synagogue into a residential building that is still in use today.

Jewish community of Bengel

The small community, which belonged to the Trier rabbinical district , existed until the 1930s. The largest number of members reached the community with 39 members in the year 1895. From this point on the number of the community members decreased steadily. The Jewish families lived in very modest financial circumstances. The community had a mikveh and a religious school. A teacher was not employed. The deceased were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Bengel. It is not known when the last parishioners left Bengel or were deported.

Development of the Jewish population

year	Jews	Jewish families	comment
1843	34
1895	39
1925	24

Source: alemannia-judaica.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 16 members of the Jewish community Bengel, who were born there or lived temporarily, who were born there 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. 103.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. 103.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} brat . alemannia-judaica.de. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
3. ↑ Urgent request (PDF) In: Der Israelit: a central organ for orthodox Judaism . Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt. December 14, 1885. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
4. ↑ Commemorative Book Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933–1945 . Federal Archives. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
5. ^ Central database of the names of Holocaust victims . Yad Vashem - International Holocaust Memorial. Retrieved May 24, 2020.