Sohren

Summary: According to records, eight Jews lived in Sohren in 1808. Always small, the community consecrated a cemetery at some point before 1850 and established a synagogue in 1858. In 1932, 33 Jews were members of the Sohren community, with which the Jews of Niedersohren (Lower Sohren) were affiliated. On Pogrom Night (November 1938), two SA men procured the keys to the synagogue and nailed the door shut. One month later, in December 1938, the synagogue was sold to the village authorities, after which it was sold yet again and used as a furniture storage site. The building was eventually demolished in 1950. Twenty Sohren Jews managed to emigrate from Germany. Five were deported in July 1942, and at least 10 perished in the Shoah. In 1954, ownership of the synagogue property was transferred to the Jewish community of Koblenz. Sohren’s Jewish cemetery was desecrated in 1978.

Author / Sources: Esther Sarah Evans
Sources: AJ, EJL, SG-RPS, YV