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The Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin presents the year 1938 through the eyes of Jews, whose personal documents detail their experiences and the hardships they suffered as well as the growing tensions in Europe and diminishing hope for Jews in Germany and Austria.

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Desecration and devastation

The Mellrichstadt synagogue is desecrated

The mob had it in for the Jewish congregants. When they didn't show up, people broke into the synagogue and desecrated it.

Mellrichstadt

During the night of September 30th going into October 1st, the synagogue of Mellrichstadt in Lower Franconia was completely devastated. In fact, the mob had it in for the congregants: Sudeten German refugees had incited the public to ambush worshippers on their way to the synagogue. However, the Jewish congregation had been warned with sufficient time and services canceled. Now the angry mob of Sudeten Germans and residents of Mellrichstadt stood before the door of the synagogue. Stones were thrown, the door was broken open and the interior destroyed. The mob did not spare the Torah scrolls and other ritual items. After that night, the synagogue could no longer be used.


TAGS: ANTISEMITISM, JEWISH COMMUNITY, JEWISH PROPERTY, MELLRICHSTADT, OCTOBER 1, PHOTO, PUBLIC SPHERE, RELIGION, SUDETENLAND, SYNAGOGUES, VIOLENCE

SOURCE

Institution:

Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin

Collection:

Exterior of the synagogue in Mellrichstadt

Original:

F 3335

 

on the days before

September 30
A distant relative
September 29
Mass exodus
September 28
“For the last time”

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