Bockenheim

Summary: Although individual Jews settled temporarily in Bockenheim before the early 19th century, it was only then that an actual community began to develop. Local Jews conducted services in a prayer hall (located in a private residence) until 1848, when a small, purpose-built synagogue with seats for 25 men and 20 women was built in Bockenheim. Many members of the diminished community left after the Nazis implemented their anti-Jewish boycott. On Pogrom Night, the few remaining Jews witnessed the destruction of the synagogue’s interior and the desecration of its ritual objects and Torah scrolls. By 1939, all Jews had left the town. The synagogue building, sold and converted into a residence, no longer bears any of its original architectural features.

Author / Sources: Harold Slutzkin
Sources: LJG, SIA