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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