First Jewish presence: probably in the 19th century; peak Jewish pop.: 50 in 1850 (approximately 15% of the total pop.); pop. in 1933: approx. 40
Although records reveal very little about the early days of this tiny Jewish community, we do know that between 40 and 50 Jews had settled there by the mid-19th century, constituting 15% of the town’s total population. Jews from Mueddersheim, Noervenich, Hochkirchen and Gladbach were members of the Luexheim synagogue community. According to records, the community inaugurated a synagogue on Nikolaistrasse in 1893. On Pogrom Night, local Nazis destroyed the synagogue’s interior and plundered its inventory, after which they burned down a section of the building. The fate of those Jews who still lived in Luexheim in 1938 remains unknown. Luexheim is no longer home to a Jewish community. The synagogue building has been rebuilt, and now accommodates a carpenter’s shop. As of this writing, a memorial has never been erected in Luexheim.Benjamin Rosendahl
Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany/ Germansynagogues.com
Notes
Sources: Lexikon der jüdischen Gemeinde in Deutschen Sprachraum, Klaus Dieter-Alicke, [publisher] Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2008., Feuer in dein Heiligtum gelegt: Zerstörte Synagogen 1938 Nordrhein-Westfalen, Michael Brooke [Ed.], Meier Schwarz [foreword], [publisher] Kamp, 1999., Yad Vashem’s Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names, www.yadvashem.org/wps/portal/IY_HON_Entrance
Details
| Date Added | Feb 27, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Country | DE |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| City | Luexheim (Lüxheim) |
| Exhibits | Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany |
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