Bockenheim

Residential - Bockenheim (Bockenheim an der Weinstraße), Rhineland-Palatinate

First Jewish presence: 16th century; peak Jewish population: 118 in 1853; Jewish population in 1933: 30

Although individual Jews settled temporarily in Bockenheim before the early 19th century, it was only then that an actual community began to develop. Local Jews conducted services in a prayer hall (located in a private residence) until 1848, when a small, purpose-built synagogue with seats for 25 men and 20 women was built in Bockenheim. Many members of the diminished community left after the Nazis implemented their anti-Jewish boycott. On Pogrom Night, the few remaining Jews witnessed the destruction of the synagogue’s interior and the desecration of its ritual objects and Torah scrolls. By 1939, all Jews had left the town. The synagogue building, sold and converted into a residence, no longer bears any of its original architectural features.

Harold Slutkin

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., Synagogen Internet Archiv, www.synagogen.info

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Date Added	Apr 20, 2020
Category	Residential
Country	DE
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
City	Bockenheim (Bockenheim an der Weinstraße)
Exhibits	Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany

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Bockenheim

First Jewish presence: 16th century; peak Jewish population: 118 in 1853; Jewish population in 1933: 30

Harold Slutkin

Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany/ Germansynagogues.com

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