Unterriedenberg
General information: First Jewish presence: 18th century; peak Jewish population: 84 in 1867 (28.2% of the total population); Jewish population in 1933: 32
Summary: In 1752, the Jewish community of Unterriedenberg built
a synagogue at 2 Ringweg. Local Jews maintained their
own mikveh (renovated in 1909) and employed a teacher of
religion who also performed the duties of shochet and chazzan.
After 1911, prior to which the Jews of Unterriedenberg had
used the cemetery in Pfaffenhausen, burials were conducted
in Geroda.
In 1933, 32 Jews lived in Unterriedenberg; two Jewish
children received religious instruction that year. By March
1938, the community could no longer assemble a minyan.
Accordingly, its remaining Jews conducted joint services with
the Jews of neighboring Dittlofsroda.
On Pogrom Night (November 1938), the interiors of the
synagogue, school and mikveh were destroyed. SA troops
also broke windows in Jewish homes, vandalized personal
property, threw out utensils and furniture and seized money
from local Jews.
Seven Unterriedenberg Jews emigrated and 26 relocated
within Germany. The village’s remaining Jews left for
Frankfurt in December 1938. At least 22 died in the Shoah.
The former synagogue was demolished after 1945, and a
residential building was eventually built on its site.
Author / Sources: Heike Zaun Goshen
Sources: AH, AJ, EJL, PK BAV
Sources: AH, AJ, EJL, PK BAV
Located in: bavaria