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JEWISH LIVEJEWISH LIVEIN THE COUNTYIN THE COUNTY OF HUENFELD OF HUENFELD

By Elisabeth Sternberg-Siebert

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Historical monument - the Jewish cemetery in Burghaun, joint cemetery for the Jews of the county of Huenfeld since 1690

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Jewish congregations within 12 townships of the former county of Huenfeld (demonstrable 1553 – 1942).

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Jewish inhabitants within total population (1822 – 1910)

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Jewish inhabitants in the county of Huenfeld 1830 - 1942

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Livestock dealer Mendel Braunschweiger in Burghaun, in the back his wife Erna

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INFORMATIONS REGARDINGINFORMATIONS REGARDINGTHE JEWISH HISTORY THE JEWISH HISTORY

OF BURGHAUNOF BURGHAUN

INFORMATIONS REGARDINGINFORMATIONS REGARDINGTHE JEWISH HISTORY THE JEWISH HISTORY

OF BURGHAUNOF BURGHAUN

Symbol of

Burghaun: The

two churches next

to each other

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Total view from Burghaun before 1938

On the le

ft next

to both

church

es you

can cl

early se

e

the synagogue

in the

background

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Julius Braunschweiger 1915 as soldier in WW1

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Advertisements in the local newspaper 1881 -

1926

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The new Synagogue of Burghaun located in the 'Ringstraße‘ (photo: Mr. H.J. Ruppel)

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Postcard of the new Burghaun Synagogue, the most beutiful of the rural Synagogues far and between, erected 1910.

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The Jewish school in the 'Ringstraße - The classroom was on the halftimbered side,

whereas the teachery was on the right side of the building.

Every year

some storks

favoured the

roof of the

Synagogue

as a resting

place on their

migration to

the south.

1414The Jewish athletic club, summer of 1933 in front of the

synagogue

1515The synagogue from the back in summer 1938 with storks resting

on the roof top

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“CRYSTAL NIGHT”

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Result of “Crystal Night” in Burghaun !

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After „Crystal Night“ nothing was like before,

life changed totally!

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1. Deportation of Burghaun Jews

on December 8, 1941 to the Riga ghetto

3. Deportation of Burghaun Jews September 5, 1942 to the

Theresienstadt ghetto

2. Deportation of Burghaun Jews

on May 30, 1942 to the KZ Majdanek

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Signs of remembrance in Burghaun: - Memorial at the Jewish cemetery, erected by survivers about 1968 - Memorial plaque, put up in the castle yard in 1994 - Stolpersteine in commemoration of 50 Nazi victims, installed 2011/2012

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INFORMATIONS REGARDING THE INFORMATIONS REGARDING THE JEWISH HISTORY OF RJEWISH HISTORY OF ROTHENKIRCHENOTHENKIRCHEN

HOME OF THE NUSSBAUM FAMILYHOME OF THE NUSSBAUM FAMILY

INFORMATIONS REGARDING THE INFORMATIONS REGARDING THE JEWISH HISTORY OF RJEWISH HISTORY OF ROTHENKIRCHENOTHENKIRCHEN

HOME OF THE NUSSBAUM FAMILYHOME OF THE NUSSBAUM FAMILY

Symbol of Rothenkirchen: The Markus chapel

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View of Rothenkirchen about 1920View of Rothenkirchen about 1920

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Historical postcard of Rothenkirchen, in the middle the former Synagogue

in the Brunnenstraße

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The former synagogue 20122012

The Synagogue The Synagogue after it had been sold about 1907 to the Kehres family ( food store).At the top of the front there was a beautiful Magen David in the round window.

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One of the most famous Jewish families in Rothenkirchen were the Nußbaums – since 1760.

Record of 1852

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The Wallach family in Witzenhausen

Louis

AmaliaFlora

Frieda

Fanny

Markus

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Meier Nußbaum

Mendel *1781∞ Jette Klebe*1784

Isaac Aron Jakob

Salomon *1817∞ Röschen Hahn *1825

+Witzenhausen

Fanny 1853 - 1941

Fanny ∞ Markus Wallach, Witzenhausen

Amalia Flora Louis Frieda

Walter Greenbaum Erika Keness Mr. Loeb

Harriet Brody

Judith Lewis

Yoram Keness

Gil Keness

Monica Gwon

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Tracks of the Nußbaum family in Tracks of the Nußbaum family in RothenkirchenRothenkirchen

List of fortune 1851 – „5 ) Salomon Nußbaum .. ist arm“

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Nußbaum graves at the Nußbaum graves at the Jewish cemetery in BurghaunJewish cemetery in Burghaun

Mendel Nußbaum 1781 - 1827 Mendel‘s wife Jette geb. Klebe 1784 -1862

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Salomon Nußbaum 1817 - 1886

Adelheid Nußbaum Salomon‘s daughter

1858 -1875

Hanna Strauß geb. Nußbaum, Salomon‘s sister

1818 - 1860

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House Nußbaum in former times (Rothenkirchen Nr. 10 – photo: Herbert Jakob)

House Nußbaum nowadays(Eisfeldstraße 3)

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Former house of the Salomon Nußbaum family in Eisfeldstraße 3

Hidden by the

hedge:

“Hausstein“ with

the year 1791

when the

house was

built

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The End Parts of the translation I owe to my brother Martin

Siebert