Schifferstadt

In Schifferstadt existed a small Jewish community until 1940. Their emergence goes back to the time of the 19th century . But there were apparently already in the 17th century individual Jewish residents (1662 Jacob Jud zu Schiuerstatt). Between 1715 and 1747 Jewish persons are likewise named in the place.

Around 1800 there lived a Jewish family in the place (Marx Isack with wife Hindel; later family name Landmann). In 1815 twelve Jewish inhabitants were counted, in 1848 eight families with 37 persons. In 1856 based on the legal provisions of a royal Bavarian decree of January 1854, an independent Jewish community was founded by the then seven Jewish families. They did not want to be assigned to any other community, since the distance to the nearest Jewish community was one hour. Until 1890 the number of Jewish inhabitants increased to 60 persons, in order to decrease slowly afterwards by emigration and emigration.

In1933 there were still 35 Jewish people living in Schifferstadt. Due to the increasing reprisals and the effects of the boycott measures, several left the place in the following years, so that in 1936 only 26, 1937 24, 1938 20, May 1939 11, October 1940 three Jewish inhabitants were counted. 18 of the persons living here in 1933 had succeeded in emigrating. Those who remained in Schifferstadt and several who had moved to other places were deported, most in October 1940 to the Gurs concentration camp, southern France.