Gindorf

Residential - Gindorf, Rhineland-Palatinate

First Jewish presence: 18th century (latter half); peak: 71 in 1885 (6.6% of the total population); Jewish population in 1933: 30

In 1834 and 1892, blood libel allegations triggered anti- Jewish uprisings in the village of Gindorf. The community’s synagogue, which had been built in the 18th century, burned down in 1834, probably in the aftermath of the pogrom in nearby Neuenhoven. A new synagogue was built shortly afterwards. By 1933, the Jewish communities of Gindorf and Gustorf had become sub-communities of the larger Jewish community in Grevenbroich. Gindorf and Gustorf, however, acted as one community in administrative and political matters. On Pogrom Night (November 1938), the Gindorf synagogue was destroyed. The Nazis had intended to set the building on fire, but neighboring residents, fearing that the fire would spread to their own homes, prevented them from doing so. Most Gindorf Jews left the village before the outbreak of World War II. Two Jews, the village’s last, were deported to the East in 1942. At least 25 Jews originally from Gindorf perished in the Shoah.

Heidemarie Wawrzyn

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

Notes

Sources: The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust, Shmuel Spector [Ed.], [publisher] Yad Vashem and the New York University Press, 2001., Führer durch die Jüdische Gemeindeverwaltung und Wohlfahrtspflege in Deutschland 1923-1933, Andreas Nachama, Simon Hermann [Eds.], [publisher] Edition Hentrich, 1995., Yad Vashem’s Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names, www.yadvashem.org/wps/portal/IY_HON_Entrance www.judentum-grevenbroich.de

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Date Added	Apr 20, 2020
Category	Residential
Country	DE
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
City	Gindorf
Exhibits	Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany

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Gindorf

First Jewish presence: 18th century (latter half); peak: 71 in 1885 (6.6% of the total population); Jewish population in 1933: 30

Heidemarie Wawrzyn

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

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