The first Jews settled in Uehlfeld probably in the first half of the 16th Century. In the Thirty Years' War, most residents Uehlfelds fled to the towns nearby. 1632 was in Höchstadt an der Aisch reported by a Jew from Uehlfeld who was with other Jewish families expelled by order of the bishop again. Uehlfeld 1696 in a synagogue was established. The dead of the community were initially buried in the Jewish cemetery in Zeckern.
In 1732 the church on a hill in Uehlfeld was offered a plot of land on which they docked with the permission of Margrave Georg Friedrich Karl own graveyard. The first, now partly sunken grave stones were erected on the eastern part of the grave field. Newer grave times are to the right of wrought iron gate in the western part of the burial site. Since the 18th Uehlfeld century became the place with the highest Jewish population of the region. In the 19th Century was the Distriktsrabbinat Uehlfeld that was assigned to the 1876 Distriktsrabbinat Fürth.
By 1923 there were attacks by the Nazis from Jewish residents Uehlfeld on. In the era of National Socialism in 1933, the institutions of the Jewish community in Uehlfeld were repeatedly raped. At the cemetery in August 1935 graves were overturned. [2] In December 1936, the new synagogue was built in 1818 window smashed. 1937 was the last burial place in the Jewish cemetery in Uehlfeld. In September 1938, they arrested two Uehlfelder Jews for "treasonable utterances". Although up to the November pogroms of 1938 Uehlfelder all Jews had to leave the place on the orders of the Nazi district leader, the synagogue was burned along with their equipment and the rituals. The small Taharahaus the cemetery was completely demolished in the subsequent period.
About 40 of the originating from Uehlfeld Jews fell in the death camps in the Holocaust, [3], seven had emigrated to the United States. [4] The ruins of the synagogue after 1945 expanded by Raiffeisenbank as a warehouse and is maintained as such (Raiffeisenstraße 7). At the Jewish cemetery in Uehlfeld are now about 275 grave stones. (Wikipedia)
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This is such an awful and sad story ranking means nothing. What more can one say. Thankyou for the photo and in particular the history.
The first Jews settled in Uehlfeld probably in the first half of the 16th Century. In the Thirty Years' War, most residents Uehlfelds fled to the towns nearby. 1632 was in Höchstadt an der Aisch reported by a Jew from Uehlfeld who was with other Jewish families expelled by order of the bishop again. Uehlfeld 1696 in a synagogue was established. The dead of the community were initially buried in the Jewish cemetery in Zeckern. In 1732 the church on a hill in Uehlfeld was offered a plot of land on which they docked with the permission of Margrave Georg Friedrich Karl own graveyard. The first, now partly sunken grave stones were erected on the eastern part of the grave field. Newer grave times are to the right of wrought iron gate in the western part of the burial site. Since the 18th Uehlfeld century became the place with the highest Jewish population of the region. In the 19th Century was the Distriktsrabbinat Uehlfeld that was assigned to the 1876 Distriktsrabbinat Fürth. By 1923 there were attacks by the Nazis from Jewish residents Uehlfeld on. In the era of National Socialism in 1933, the institutions of the Jewish community in Uehlfeld were repeatedly raped. At the cemetery in August 1935 graves were overturned. [2] In December 1936, the new synagogue was built in 1818 window smashed. 1937 was the last burial place in the Jewish cemetery in Uehlfeld. In September 1938, they arrested two Uehlfelder Jews for "treasonable utterances". Although up to the November pogroms of 1938 Uehlfelder all Jews had to leave the place on the orders of the Nazi district leader, the synagogue was burned along with their equipment and the rituals. The small Taharahaus the cemetery was completely demolished in the subsequent period. About 40 of the originating from Uehlfeld Jews fell in the death camps in the Holocaust, [3], seven had emigrated to the United States. [4] The ruins of the synagogue after 1945 expanded by Raiffeisenbank as a warehouse and is maintained as such (Raiffeisenstraße 7). At the Jewish cemetery in Uehlfeld are now about 275 grave stones. (Wikipedia)
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This is such an awful and sad story ranking means nothing. What more can one say. Thankyou for the photo and in particular the history.