Landstuhl
First Jewish presence: unknown; peak Jewish population: 81 in 1925; Jewish population in 1933: 61
Jews lived in Landstuhl during the Middle Ages. We do not know when exactly they settled there, but we do know that they were expelled in the 16th century. Resettlement began in 1868 with the return of one Jewish family, after which a Jewish community was founded. The community conducted services in a prayer room, located in a private residence, at 38 Kanalstrasse; this house was later renovated to include an apartment and a barn. In 1900, a Jewish section was established in the local cemetery. On Pogrom Night, SA men set the synagogue on fire, but not before confiscating the ritual objects and transferring them to the local police station; Jewish homes and stores were destroyed. By the time the violence subsided, the prayer room’s interior had been completely ravaged. On October 21-22, 1940, Landstuhl’s last seven ablebodied Jews were deported to the Gurs concentration camp in France. At least 16 Landstuhl Jews perished in the Shoah. The house on Kanalstrasse, which survived the pogrom and later served as a residence, was renovated several times in the years 1978 to 1986.Bronagh Bowerman
Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany/ germansynagogues.bh.org.il
Notes
Alemannia Judaica, www.alemannia-judaica.de The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Sources: Before and During the Holocaust, Shmuel Spector [Ed.], [publisher] Yad Vashem and the New York University Press, 2001., Zentral Archiv zur Erforschung der Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland, Heidelberg University at: www.zentralarchiv.uni-hd.de “und dies ist die Pforte des Himmels”: Synagogen Rheinland-Pfalz/Saarland, Will Schmid, Stefan Fischbach and Ingrid Westerhoff [Eds.], publication initiated by Joachim Glatz and Meier Schwarz, [publisher] Phillipp Von Zabern, 2005., Synagogen Internet Archiv, www.synagogen.info , Yad Vashem’s Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names, www.yadvashem.org/wps/portal/IY_HON_Entrance
Details
| Date Added | May 05, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Country | DE |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| City | Landstuhl |
| Exhibits | Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany |
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