Neumarkt
General information: First Jewish presence: 1350: peak Jewish population: 130 in 1845; Jewish population in 1933: 33
Summary: A considerable number of Jews lived in Neumarkt (presentday
Środa Śląska, Poland) during the 1300s, but they were
banned from the town in the mid-1400s and not permitted
to return until 1812. In 1844, local Jews established a
community and consecrated a cemetery. Later, in 1862, they
built a new synagogue on the corner of Konstadtstrasse and
Schlosserstrasse, near the center of town.
Many Jewish families left Neumarkt after the elections of
1933. The synagogue was destroyed on Pogrom Night, and
although the building survived the war, it was never again
used; the building was torn down in the mid-1960s, and the
site now accommodates a private clinic.
At the Jewish cemetery—it was destroyed during the war—an
obelisk and memorial plaque were unveiled in 2001.
Author / Sources: Moshe Finkel
Sources: EJL
www.sztetl.org.pl
Sources: EJL
www.sztetl.org.pl
Located in: silesia