The privateer and master craftsman Bernhard Eberhardt (1836 - 1908) and his son Samuel Eberhardt (1870 - 1976)

Bernhard Eberhardt, was born on December 16, 1836 in Maßbach, Hs. no. 158
Son of the master craftsman Alexander (Sender) Eberhardt and Marianne, née Rosenstein.
Married to Mina, née Rosenberger from Schonungen (grave 33)
The privateer and master craftsman Bernhard Eberhardt died on November 26, 1908 at the age of 71 in Hs. no.158 died.

Back in 1877, hop merchant Marx Löwenthal owned a sizeable property here in Kapellenstraße, consisting of two residential buildings and a hop warehouse. The company flourished and was able to expand its buildings again and again. In 1907, a hop warehouse with a 25-metre-high steam chimney was added.

Berta Lindheimer was born on 29.11.1911 in Nassau-Lahn as the älst child of the family. Her parents were Rega Lindheimer née Stern from Meudt in Rhineland-Palatinate and Markus-Moritz Lindheimer from Nassau, a butcher by trade. Her brother Siegfried came along in 1913. In 1934, at the age of 23, Berta married the tannery owner Fritz Feldmann from Berlin-Schouml;neweide. She moved in with him at Tabbertstrasse 14, on the site of the company founded by her father-in-law Simon Feldmann around 1900.

In 1946/1947, a camp for around 100 Jewish survivors (displaced persons) was set up in Maßbach Castle - where a Nazi teachers' association training camp had been located during the Nazi era. Kibbutz Lanegew" (engl. 'Auf in den Negev'), the Jewish camp residents were taught basic agricultural skills in preparation for their emigration to Palestine.

Samuel Eberhardt, was born on March 22, 1833 in Maßbach, Hs. no. 158. Son of the cattle dealer Sender/ Alexander Eberhardt and Marianne, née Rosenstein. Resided in Hs. no. 80, married to Fanny, née Schild from Hs. no. 198 (grave 37). Samuel died at the age of 69 years and 9 months, on January 15, 1905. (He is the father of Sigmund Eberhardt in Hs. No.80)  

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.

Although massive anti-Semitic propaganda was also being carried out in Ma&<bach, local farmers continued to maintain their contacts with Jewish cattle dealers and some Jewish businesses, e.g. the open trading company Heidelberger (plan no. 85 ½) and the furrier Max Eberhardt (house no. 26), were able to carry on their business until October 1938.

The Jewish community leaders at that time were Samuel Eberhard, A. Friedmann, F. Heidelberger and A. Frank.

In the early 1930s, Abraham, Frank and Hermann Heidelberger formed the community council.

During the imperial era and the Weimar Republic, the Jewish residents were well integrated into the social life of the village. They were represented in the local associations and were involved in the fire department. Samuel Eberhardt, the head of the religious council, was elected to the municipal council. During the First World War, two men from the Jewish community of Maäbach lost their lives. Their names are inscribed on the bronze plaque at the war memorial for the fallen of the First World War (Neue Strasse).

 1914 MARX. MORITZ. 15.5.

1916 DR. GOLDSTEIN. MX. 16.9.