Buetthard
General information: First Jewish presence: 1588; peak Jewish population: 63 in 1867; Jewish population in 1933: 10
Summary:
This community built a synagogue at 3 Marktplatz in 1812.
Local Jews also operated a community center which housed
a school, a mikveh and apartments. In cooperation with the
community of nearby Allersheim, the Jews of Buetthard
employed a teacher/chazzan. Burials were conducted at the
Allersheim cemetery.
The community was officially dissolved in October
of 1937, when only five Jews remained in Buetthard, all of
whom were over 65. The synagogue was sold, and its ritual
objects were transferred to Munich in December 1937.
On Pogrom Night, SA and SS men from Ochsenfurt
and the surrounding areas, aided by several local residents,
broke into the homes of two Jewish families, destroyed
their furniture and vandalized the interior of the defunct
synagogue. At least one Jew was arrested.
Between 1937 and 1939, five Buetthard Jews emigrated
and three moved to other German cities. The two Jews who
still lived in the town in September of 1942 were deported
to Theresienstadt via Wuerzburg; both survived the war and
immigrated to the United States. At least nine Buetthard Jews
perished in the Shoah.
The synagogue building was later converted into an
apartment building. A memorial plaque was unveiled inside
the town hall.
Author / Sources: Heidemarie Wawrzyn
Sources: AJ, DJGB, EJL, PK-BAV, SIA, SZJLB
Sources: AJ, DJGB, EJL, PK-BAV, SIA, SZJLB
Located in: bavaria