Jewish Community

In the middle of the 14th century, the presence of Jews was mentioned in the oldest Glatz city register.

The highest number of 30 families and 30 percent of the population was reached around 1850. By 1936, the number had fallen to 6 Jews, the last two were deported in 1942.

The synagogue was sold in 1908, demolished around 1960 and replaced by an extension to the pub. New building as village community center 2020-2022.

According to a report by the Jewish Relief Unit, only three German-Jewish families lived in Goslar in the first months after the war. This changed in the late summer of 1945 with the arrival of mostly Eastern European Jews, so that the Jewish community already numbered 157 people in September.

With the consecration of the new synagogue and the opening of the modern community center, a new stage of development began in the history of the community, which played and continues to play a decisive role in the lengthy integration process of the many new members from the countries of the former Soviet Union.

Leo Neumann was born on January 7, 1895 in Mikstadt (Mixstadt, formerly Schildberg district, Posen province) in Poland; his parents were the merchant Abraham Neumann and Charlotte Neumann. On August 26, 1919, Leo Neumann married Berta  Leppek, who was born there on September 14, 1895, in Kobylin. Her parents were the teacher Isidor Leppek and Jette Leppek, née Baruch. Leo and Berta Neumann had three children - Charlotte, born on June 20, 1920 in Schwersenz, Herta, born on June 13, 1922 in Berlin and Jost Joachim, born on September 3, 1925 in Feuchtwangen.