Grosslangheim

Summary: In 1837, the Jewish community of Grosslangheim replaced its prayer room with a synagogue on Schlosshof. Local Jews also maintained a mikveh and a Jewish community center, the latter of which housed a Jewish school and an apartment for a teacher who performed the duties of shochet and chazzan. Burials were conducted in Roedelsee. On Pogrom Night, rioters vandalized the synagogue building and destroyed its interior, its ritual objects and valuable chandeliers; Torah scrolls were thrown into the street and later confiscated. Two Jewish men were deported to Dachau. During the Nazi period, one Grosslangheim Jew emigrated and 13 relocated within Germany. The last four were deported in 1942: two to Ibizca (via Wuerzburg) and two to Theresienstadt (also via Wuerzburg). At least 15 Grosslangheim Jews died in the Shoah. The synagogue building—it was used by the fire brigade after the war—was later integrated into a cultural center in the late 1990s. A commemorative plaque has been unveiled there.

Author / Sources: Heike Zaun Goshen
Sources: AH, AJ, EJL, HU, PK BAV