Jewish life in Londorf

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The first statistics indicate that in 1828, 103 Jewish residents lived in Londorf, in 1924 there were still 58, and in 1933 there were 40 Jewish individuals. The Jewish community of Londorf also included Kesselbach, Geilshausen, and Rüddingshausen. There was a Jewish school, a ritual bath (Mikvah), a synagogue, and a cemetery. Many of them lived in modest circumstances and worked as butchers, livestock traders, and merchants. Much is known about life in Londorf at that time through numerous interviews conducted after the war. These can be found, among other places, in the archives of the Museum of Rabenau.

The Jewish community in Londorf, which existed since the end of the 17th century, was destroyed through persecution and murder during the Nazi era and ceased to exist thereafter.

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