Online Archive of Jewish Communities

In Diez, Jewish life has been documented since the 14th century. Since that time, Jürger Bürger shaped the cultural and economic coexistence of the townspeople unauffällig, but often they were suppressed as a minority and persecuted. 

Only from the 18th century Jüdisches life in Diez is more clearly recognizable. The Diezer Fürstenhof, for example, employed so-called Jüdische Hoffaktoren, who supplied them with luxury goods and credits. Lüb Heymann, for example, worked for Fürstin Amalie von Nassau-Oranien. He belonged at this time to the vermögendsten Diezern.