Mehring Synagogue (Moselle)

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The synagogue in Mehring was established before 1883 at Kirchstrasse 16 in a building from the 18th century. In 1933 it was given up and in 1936 it became the property of the municipality of Mehring. After the war, the building served as a parish library before being sold and converted into a residential building in 2000.

synagogue

The synagogue was established before 1883 in an 18th century building next to the rectory. The prayer room was located on the ground floor and the religious school rooms on the upper floor. Each floor had two windows. The synagogue was abandoned in 1933 and sold to the community in 1936. Although it was no longer used as a synagogue in 1938, the building is said to have been the target of vandalism during the November pogroms in 1938 . It served as a kindergarten until the end of the war. After the war the parish library was housed there. In 2000 the former synagogue was sold to a private person who converted the building into a residential building that is still in use today.

Jewish community of Mehring

A Jewish family living in Mehring was first mentioned in 1663. By the end of the 19th century, the number of members of the Jewish community in Mehring, which also included the Jewish residents of Fell , Schleich and Longuich , increased and reached 1885 its highest level with 57 members. At the beginning of the 19th century, members of the Jewish community began to emigrate to the cities. In 1933 the Jewish community had only 14 members. The synagogue was closed because the minyan required for a service could no longer be formed. The remaining members of the Jewish community left Mehring by the end of 1938. A mikveh and a religious school were available as facilities for the Jewish community . The deceased were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Mehring.

Development of the Jewish population

year Jews Jewish families
1663 1
1808 10
1843 28
1885 57
1895 36
1913 37
1925 24
1932 30th
1933 14th

Source: alemannia-judaica.de; jewische-gemeinden.de; Hermann Beschens: Jews in Mehring

According to the memorial book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny of 1933–1945 and the Central Database of the Names of the Holocaust Victims of Yad Vashem , 18 members of the Mehring Jewish community (who were born there or lived there temporarily) were murdered during the Nazi era .

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 )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Mehring with fur (Trier-Saarburg district) . alemannia-judaica.de. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b c Mehring / Mosel (Rhineland-Palatinate) . jewische-gemeinden.de. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  3. ^ Former synagogue Mehring, community Mehring Kirchstrasse 16 . Kulturdb.de. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  4. ↑ a b Hermann Erschens: Jews in Mehring . juedisches-leben-vgschoftware.de. February 22, 2018. Accessed March 28, 2020.
  5. ^ Synagogues / prayer houses and (religious) schools: Mehring . juedisches-leben-vgschoftware.de. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  6. ↑ Commemorative Book Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933–1945 . Federal Archives. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  7. ^ Central database of the names of Holocaust victims . Yad Vashem - International Holocaust Memorial. Retrieved March 28, 2020.

Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 45.7 "  N , 6 ° 49 ′ 30.6"  E