Eschwege, Werra-Meißner-Kreis, regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hessen, Deutschland
| Latitude | 51°11′17″N |
| Longitude | 10°3′10″E |
| City | Eschwege |
| Church Parish | Werra-Meißner-Kreis |
| County | regierungsbezirk Kassel |
| State/ Province | Hessen |
| Country | Deutschland |
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by the Middle Ages, there were Jews living in Eschwege.
The Jewish community was wiped out.by the persecution arising in the time of the Black Death.
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In 1457, there was a Judengasse, which lay in the town centre between Kohlenmarkt and Neuer Steinweg., in Eschwege.
In 1507, there were references to the vicus iudaicus.
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In the 18th century, the Jews of Eschwege earned their livelihood almost exclusively from livestock trading and goods trading, mainly textiles.
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After 1933, many Jewis left Eschwege, having been stripped of their rights and subjected to reprisals.
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On November 9, 1938, Kristallnacht, the Eschwegge synagogue's interior was utterly destroyed
Since 1954, the former synagogue has served as Eschwege’s New Apostolic church.
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In 1941 and 1942, the last hundred or so Jewish residents of Eschwegge were deported to the death camps.
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In January, 1946, a displaced persons camp for Jewish death camp survivors was set up at the former German air force base in the Frankfurt district of the American-occupied zone, under the supervision of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), which housed 1,770 Jews at its opening.
On April 26, 1949, the Eschwegge DP camp was closed.
Web Links
| Type | Link/ Description | |
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| 1 | Web Home | Eschwege, from Wikipedia (Deutsch) |
| 2 | Web Home | Eschwege, from Wikipedia |
| 3 | Web Search | Kreissstadt Eschwege |