Pinkas Hakehillot Germany: Vendersheim, Germany

“Vendersheim”
Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities:
Germany volume 3
(Germany)
49°52' / 08°04'

Translation from Pinkas ha-kehilot Germanyah

Published in Jerusalem, 1992

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This is a translation from: Pinkas Hakehillot: Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities, Germany
Volume 3, page 279, published by Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, 1992

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Vendersheim, Germany

A village in the Alzey- Worms district, today in the state of Rheinland-Pfalz.

by Yaacov Lozowick

Population

Year	Population	Jews	%
1828		49
1861	494	37	7.5
1880	509	38	7.5
1910	482	6	1.2
1925	434	6	1.4
1933	456	6	1.3

Religious Affiliation by % in 1933

Jews	Catholics	Protestants	Others
1.3	37.5	61.2	--

In the 19^th century a small Jewish community existed in Vendersheim (in 1828, 49 persons), which had a synagogue. At the end of the 19^th century and the beginning of the 20^th century, the number of Jews decreased steadily and the community was on the brink of dismantling. At this time kosher slaughter still was carried out. The community belonged to the Alzey rabbinate. In 1935 Max Berger, the last head of the community, sold the synagogue.

In the years 1937/8 all Jews left Vendersheim. A family of three persons immigrated to the USA and a second family of four persons moved to Mainz.

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