the fur trader Max Eberhardt

When the National Socialists seized power in 1933, there were still 24 Jews living in Maübach. Their number remained almost constant until the beginning of 1939. Although massive anti-Semitic propaganda was also carried out in Maßbach, local farmers continued to cultivate their contacts with Jewish cattle dealers and some Jewish businesses, e.g. the Heidelberger open trading company (plan no. 85 ½) and the furrier Max Eberhardt (house no. 26), were able to carry on their business until October 1938. In the spring of 1937, all events and gatherings were banned for the Maübach community with the exception of religious services.

After the pogrom, the mayor made the Jewish residents pay RM 800 for the repair of the synagogue windows. He also offered to sell them the synagogue for RM 50. Master saddler Karl Geiling, in whose yard the synagogue stood, tried to buy the building, but this proved to be very difficult. The small Jewish community did not object to the sale to him in July 1942. The last two Jewish men - Sigmund Max Eberhardt and David Frank - "confirmed" their consent to the sale of the building to Karl Geiling in a document dated 1942 as early as 14 July 1942. On July 14, 1942, the last 6 citizens of Maübach of Jewish faith were taken to Würzburg for relocation and deported from there. Only Sigmund Max Eberhardt was not. He died in Würzburg on July 26, 1942 and was also buried there.