Jewish community Hamm (Sieg)

The Jewish community of Hamm in the Altenkirchen district (Westerwald) in Rhineland-Palatinate probably came into being in the 17th century through the settlement of Schutzjuden by the local rulers. However, it experienced a gradual decline due to emigration in the second half of the 19th century. The Jewish community became extinct in the course of the deportation of German Jews during the National Socialist era. The memory of them is kept alive by the local community of Hamm with the Synagogue Square and the KulturHausHamm/Sieg.