Thuer
General information: First Jewish presence: early 1800s; peak Jewish population: 37 in 1895; Jewish population in 1933: 19
Summary: Records shed very little light on the origins of this Jewish
community. All that we know for certain, in fact, is that
Thuer’s Jews established a prayer room and a cemetery in
the early 1800s.
In 1864, the Jews of Thuer, together with Jews from the
neighboring villages of Kottenheim, Niedermendig and
Obermendig, founded a joint Jewish community. One
synagogue was to serve all three villages, but the three groups
bickered for years about where the house of worship would
be built. Finally, in 1866, the community decided to build
two synagogues: one in Thuer (serving the Jews of Thuer and
Kottenheim), the other in Niedermendig (serving the Jews
of Niedermendig and Obermendig).
On Pogrom Night, the synagogue in Thuer was
vandalized and destroyed. In Thuer, a memorial plaque was
later unveiled at the site of the Jewish cemetery.
Author / Sources: Moshe Finkel
Sources: AJ, SG-RPS
Sources: AJ, SG-RPS
Located in: rhineland-palatinate