Schoellkrippen
General information: First Jewish presence: 1779; peak Jewish population: 110 in 1880 (12.9% of the total population); Jewish population in 1933: 48
Summary: The Jewish community of Schoellkrippen established a
synagogue at 4-6 Laudenbachstrasse, in 1826; the building
housed a schoolroom and an apartment for a teacher, who
also functioned as chazzan and shochet. The community
was able to maintain a mikveh, but buried its dead in
Schweinheim.
In 1933, three Jewish schoolchildren studied religion in
Schoellkrippen. Two chevra kadisha organizations (one for
men, the other for women) were active that year.
In November 1934, windows in the synagogue and Jewish
houses were broken, after which the community boarded up
the synagogue’s windows and transferred the Torah scrolls to
private homes. The High Holiday services of October 1935
were held under police protection.
On Pogrom Night, the synagogue was blown up after
rioters destroyed its interior, its furniture and ritual objects.
Jewish homes were ransacked and looted, and four Jews were
deported: two to Dachau, and two to Buchenwald (where
one died).
Six Jews immigrated to the United States. Those 44 Jews
who still lived in Schoellkrippen on Pogrom Night moved
to Frankfurt shortly afterwards, taking with them the Torah
scrolls. At least four Schoellkrippen Jews perished in the
Shoah.
A printing house was later built on the former synagogue
site.
Author / Sources: Nurit Borut
Sources: FJG, PK-BAV, SZJLB
Sources: FJG, PK-BAV, SZJLB
Located in: bavaria