Oberhausen An Der Appel

Residential - Oberhausen An Der Appel, Rhineland-Palatinate

First Jewish presence: 1804; peak Jewish population: 11 in 1848; Jewish population 1933: 0

Records are almost entirely silent about the Jews of Oberhausen. We do know, however, that Oberhausen was home to a few Jews during the late 1800s and early 1900s; to five Jews in the years 1801 to 1825; and to 11 Jews in 1848. There are differing opinions as to whether or not a synagogue existed in Oberhausen an der Appel. According to an academic from the University of Mannheim, a synagogue was destroyed in Oberhausen on Pogrom Night, an assertion for which no evidence is supplied. However, nowhere do records mention an official Jewish community or a synagogue, and it is admittedly unlikely that one would have been built for a community of 11 Jews (the peak population figure).

Moshe Finkel

Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany/ germansynagogues.bh.org.il

Notes

Sources: Alemannia Judaica, www.alemannia-judaica.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.

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Date Added	May 19, 2020
Category	Residential
Country	DE
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
City	Oberhausen An Der Appel
Exhibits	Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany

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Oberhausen An Der Appel

First Jewish presence: 1804; peak Jewish population: 11 in 1848; Jewish population 1933: 0

Moshe Finkel

Copyright: Pogrom Night 1938 - A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of Germany/ germansynagogues.bh.org.il

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