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Pinkas ha-kehilot Germanyah: entsiklopedyah shel ha-yishuvim ha-Yehudim
le-min hivasdam ve-'ad le-ahar Sho'at Milhemet ha-'olam ha-sheniyah:
Hesse, Hesse-Nassau, Frankfort
Edited by Henry Wassermann
Published by Yad Vashem
Published in Jerusalem 1992 (H, 737 Pages)
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Editor: Henry Wassermann
YAD VASHEM
The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority
Jerusalem 1992
| Contents | Page Numbers |
| Foreward: Henry Wasserman | |
| Picture and Map Credits | |
| Selected List of Terms, Organizations and Institutions | |
| Hesse Jewry (Introduction): Henry Wasserman | |
| Selected Bibliography on the History of Hesse Jewry | |
| Jewish Communities in Hesse | |
| Hesse Jewry Introduction: Henry Wasserman | 1 |
| Selected Bibliography on the History of Hesse Jewry | 36 |
| Allendorf a.d. Lumda | 67 |
| Alsbach | 68 |
| Alsfeld | 71 |
| Alsheim | 69 |
| Alten-Buseck | 65 |
| Altenstadt | 66 |
| Altwiedermus | 65 |
| Alzey | 72 |
| Angenrod | 76 |
| Arhailgen | 80 |
| Assenheim | 77 |
| Auerbach | 40 |
| Babenhausen | 82 |
| Bad König | 90 |
| Bad Nauheim | 84 |
| Beerfelden | 113 |
| Bellersheim | 110 |
| Bensheim | 110 |
| Beuern | 92 |
| Biblis | 96 |
| Biebesheim | 97 |
| Bingen | 101 |
| Birkenau | 107 |
| Bischofsheim | 100 |
| Bobenhausen | 91 |
| Bodenheim | 91 |
| Bönstadt | 113 |
| Bretzenheim | 115 |
| Büdingen | 98 |
| Bürgel | 106 |
| Bürstadt | 108 |
| Büttelborn | 101 |
| Burggräfenrode | 96 |
| Butzbach | 93 |
| Crainfeld | 296 |
| Crumstadt | 295 |
| Darmstadt | 150 |
| Dieburg | 163 |
| Dietzenbach | 167 |
| Dolgesheim | 161 |
| Dornheim | 161 |
| Dromersheim | 168 |
| Düdelsheim | 166 |
| Ebersheim | 37 |
| Eberstadt | 37 |
| Echzell | 63 |
| Eckartshausen | 79 |
| Egelsbach | 39 |
| Eich | 62 |
| Einartshausen | 63 |
| Eppelsheim | 78 |
| Eppertshausen | 78 |
| Erbesbüdesheim | 80 |
| Erfelden | 81 |
| Essenheim | 77 |
| Flonheim | 278 |
| Fränkisch-Crumbach | 290 |
| Friedberg | 283 |
| Fürfeld | 277 |
| Gambach | 118 |
| Gau-Algesheim | 116 |
| Gau-Odernheim | 116 |
| Gedern | 118 |
| Gensingen | 131 |
| Gernsheim | 148 |
| Giessen | 122 |
| Gimbsheim | 122 |
| Glauberg | 130 |
| Godelau | 120 |
| Grafenhausen | 149 |
| Grebenau | 132 |
| Griedel | 146 |
| Griesheim | 147 |
| Gross Bieberau | 134 |
| Grossen Buseck | 139 |
| Grossen Linden | 140 |
| Gross Gerau | 13 |
| Gross Karben | 142 |
| Gross Rohrheim | 144 |
| Gross Steinheim | 145 |
| Gross Umstadt | 133 |
| Gross Zimmern | 141 |
| Guntersblum | 121 |
| Habitzheim | 168 |
| Hahnheim | 169 |
| Haingründau | 175 |
| Hechtsheim | 178 |
| Heldenbergen | 180 |
| Heppenheim a.d. Bergstrasse | 183 |
| Heppenheim a.d. Wiese | 187 |
| Hergershausen | 188 |
| Hessloch | 182 |
| Heusenstamm | 169 |
| Hillesheim | 175 |
| Himbach | 177 |
| Hirschhorn | 177 |
| Höchst a.d. Nidder | 180 |
| Höchst im Odenwald | 178 |
| Holzheim | 170 |
| Homberg | 171 |
| Hungen | 172 |
| Jugenheim | 218 |
| Kelsterbach | 294 |
| Kestrich | 295 |
| Kirtorf | 292 |
| Klein-Krotzenburg | 293 |
| Lamperthheim | 221 |
| Langen | 224 |
| Langgöns | 223 |
| Langsdorf | 226 |
| Laubach-Ruppertsburg | 219 |
| Lauterbach | 220 |
| Leeheim | 227 |
| Leigestern | 230 |
| Lich | 230 |
| Lindheim | 232 |
| Lollar | 227 |
| Londorf | 228 |
| Lorsch | 228 |
| Mainz | 233 |
| Messel | 258 |
| Michelstadt | 252 |
| Mörfelden | 259 |
| Monsheim | 233 |
| Mühlheim | 255 |
| Münster | 256 |
| Münster | |
| Münzenberg | 257 |
| Nauheim | 261 |
| Neckarsteinach | 272 |
| Neu-Isenberg | |
| Neustadt im Odenwald | 263 |
| Nidda | 264 |
| Nieder-Florstadt | 271 |
| Nieder-Germüünden | 267 |
| Nieder-Mockstadt | 271 |
| Nieder-Olm | 265 |
| Nieder-Omen | 266 |
| Nieder-Saulheim | 270 |
| Nieder-Weisel | 268 |
| Nieder-Wiesen | 268 |
| Nieder-Wöllstadt | 269 |
| Ober-Glen | 44 |
| Ober-Ingelheim | 42 |
| Ober-Klingen | 46 |
| Ober-Mockstadt | 45 |
| Ober-Olm | 41 |
| Ober-Ramstadt | 46 |
| Ober-Semen | 44 |
| Ockenheim | 60 |
| Offenbach am Main | 49 |
| Oppenheim | 58 |
| Ortenberg | 61 |
| Osthofen | 48 |
| Partenheim | 273 |
| Pfaffen-Beerfurth | 279 |
| Pfeddersheim | 280 |
| Pfungstadt | 281 |
| Pohl-Göns | 274 |
| Pramersheim | 283 |
| Reichelsheim | 300 |
| Reichenbach | 302 |
| Reinheim | 303 |
| Reiskirchen | 304 |
| Rimbach | 305 |
| Rodheim von der Höhe | 297 |
| Rohrbach | 299 |
| Romrod | 298 |
| Rossdorf | 298 |
| Rüsselsheim | 308 |
| Schafheim | 309 |
| Schlitz | 313 |
| Schornsheim | 311 |
| Schotten | 310 |
| Seeheim | 212 |
| Seligenstadt | 213 |
| Sickenshofen | 213 |
| Sprendlingen (Kreis Main-Bingen) | 315 |
| Sprendlingen (Kreis Offenbach) | 314 |
| Staden | 311 |
| Stockstadt | 312 |
| Storndorf | 312 |
| Trebur | 216 |
| Treis a.d. Lumda | 217 |
| Ulrichstein | 47 |
| Urberach | 60 |
| Vendersheim | 279 |
| Viernheim | 275 |
| Vilbel | 274 |
| Wachenheim | 188 |
| Wallertheim | 189 |
| Watzenborn/Steinberg | 190 |
| Weisenau | 207 |
| Weisskirchen | 207 |
| Wenings | 210 |
| Wölfersheim | 208 |
| Wöllstein | 209 |
| Wörstadt | 210 |
| Worms | 191 |
| Wieseck | 206 |
| Zwingenberg | 291 |
| Jewish Communities in Hesse-Nassau | |
| Hesse-Nasau Jewry Introduction: Henry Wasserman | 317 |
| Selected Bibliography on the History of Hesse-Nassau Jewry | 353 |
| Abterode | 353 |
| Adorf | 355 |
| Allendorf | 368 |
| Altengronau | 367 |
| Altenlotheim | 368 |
| Arolsen | 370 |
| Asslar | 369 |
| Bad Ems | 375 |
| Bad Hersfeld | 382 |
| Bad Homborg | 378 |
| Bad Orb | 375 |
| Bad Salzschlirf | 386 |
| Bad Schwalbach | 388 |
| Bad Soden | 387 |
| Bad Wildungen | 384 |
| Barchfeld | 391 |
| Battenfeld | 390 |
| Baumbach | 389 |
| Bebra | 392 |
| Beiselforth | 397 |
| Bergen | 401 |
| Biebrich am Rhein | 395 |
| Bierstadt | 397 |
| Bierstein | 398 |
| Borken | 394 |
| Brandoberndorf | 400 |
| Braunfels | 399 |
| Breitenbach am Herzberg | 403 |
| Beruna | 402 |
| Burghaun | 393 |
| Camberg | 554 |
| Dauborn | 418 |
| Deisel | 419 |
| Diemerode | 420 |
| Diez | 421 |
| Dillich | 420 |
| Eimelrod | 364 |
| Eiterfeld | 363 |
| Ellar | 365 |
| Eltville | 366 |
| Eschwege | 371 |
| Falkenberg | 525 |
| Felsberg | 541 |
| Fischborn | 538 |
| Flacht | 539 |
| Flieden | 540 |
| Flörsheim | 543 |
| Frankenau | 544 |
| Frankenberg | 544 |
| Frankershausen | 546 |
| Frickhofen | 550 |
| Frielendorf | 547 |
| Fritzlar | 548 |
| Fronhausen | 546 |
| Fulda | 527 |
| Geisig | 406 |
| Gelnhausen | 409 |
| Gemünden an der Wohra | 412 |
| Gersfeld | 417 |
| Gilserberg | 407 |
| Gladenbach | 408 |
| Grebenstein | 413 |
| Grenzhausen | 416 |
| Gross Krotzenburg | 415 |
| Gudensberg | 404 |
| Guxhagen | 405 |
| Hachenburg | 424 |
| Hadamar | 422 |
| Haiger | 446 |
| Halsdorf | 426 |
| Hanau | 427 |
| Harmuthhaschsen | 434 |
| Hattersheim am Main | 424 |
| Hebenshausen | 434 |
| Heddernheim | 435 |
| Heinebach | 446 |
| Hellstein | 451 |
| Helmarshausen | 450 |
| Herborn | 451 |
| Heringhausen (Höringhausen) | 454 |
| Herleshausen | 454 |
| Heissisch-Oldendorf | 452 |
| Heubach am Rhön | 436 |
| Hintersteinau | 447 |
| Hochheim am Main | 437 |
| Höchst am Main | 449 |
| Hofgeismar | 442 |
| Hofheim | 444 |
| Holzappel | 438 |
| Holzhausen (Kreis Marburg-Biedenkopf) | 439 |
| Holzhausen a.d. Haidee | 440 |
| Holzhausen über d. Aar | 439 |
| Homberg | 441 |
| Hoof | 441 |
| Hünfeld | 448 |
| Hüttengesas | 445 |
| Idstein | 362 |
| Jesberg | 490 |
| Kassel | 566 |
| Kettenbach | 566 |
| Kirchhain | 567 |
| Königstein | 569 |
| Kördorf | 572 |
| Korbach | 565 |
| Langendiebach | 491 |
| Langenselbold | 492 |
| Laufenselden | 491 |
| Lichenroth | 495 |
| Lieblos | 495 |
| Limburg | 496 |
| Lohra | 493 |
| Lohrhaupten | 494 |
| Mansbach | 497 |
| Marburg | 498 |
| Mardorf | 503 |
| Marköbel | 504 |
| Meerholz | 510 |
| Meimbressen | 507 |
| Melsungen | 508 |
| Mengeringhausen | 510 |
| Merzhausen | 511 |
| Meudt | 505 |
| Miehlen | 507 |
| Mogendorf | 504 |
| Montabaur | 505 |
| Nassau | 513 |
| Nastätten | 514 |
| Naumburg | 512 |
| Nentershausen | 523 |
| Netra | 518 |
| Neuhof | 515 |
| Neukirchen | 516 |
| Neumorschen | 515 |
| Neustadt | 516 |
| Niedenstgein | 519 |
| Niederaula | 520 |
| Niederklein | 522 |
| Niederweidbach | 522 |
| Nievern | 523 |
| Nordeck | 518 |
| Oberasphe | 357 |
| Oberaula | 355 |
| Oberlahnstein | 357 |
| Obernkirchen | 359 |
| Oberursel | 356 |
| Ottrau | 360 |
| Rauschenberg | 573 |
| Reichensachsen | 581 |
| Rhina | 583 |
| Rhoden | 575 |
| Richelsdorf | 582 |
| Rinteln | 586 |
| Rodenberg | 576 |
| Rödelheim | 573 |
| Romsthal-Eckardroth | 579 |
| Rosenthal | 576 |
| Rotenbuurg a.d. Fulda | 578 |
| Roth | 577 |
| Rüdesheim am Rhein | 580 |
| Sachsenhagen | 483 |
| Salmünster | 483 |
| Schenklengsfeld | 595 |
| Schierstein | 590 |
| Schlüchtern | 590 |
| Schmalkalden | 594 |
| Schmalnau | 593 |
| Schupbach | 588 |
| Schweinsberg | 587 |
| Selters | 486 |
| Singhofen | 486 |
| Somborn | 484 |
| Sontra | 485 |
| Spangenberg | 597 |
| St. Goarshausen | 525 |
| Sterbefritz | 589 |
| Tann | 487 |
| Treysa | 488 |
| Ulmbach | 361 |
| Ungedanken | 362 |
| Usingen | 359 |
| Villmar a.d. Lahn | 537 |
| Vöhl | 526 |
| Volkmarsen | 535 |
| Vollmerz | 535 |
| Wachenbuchen | 457 |
| Wächtersbach | 477 |
| Wallau | 458 |
| Wanfried | 459 |
| Wehen | 460 |
| Wehrda | 481 |
| Wehrheim | 482 |
| Weilburg | 464 |
| Westerburg | 478 |
| Wetter | 463 |
| Wetzlar | 479 |
| Weyer (Kreis Limburg-Weilburg) | 456 |
| Weyer/Loreley | 457 |
| Wiesbaden | 467 |
| Windecken | 465 |
| Witzenhausen | 475 |
| Wolfhagen | 461 |
| Wüstensachsen | 474 |
| Ziegenhain | 551 |
| Zierenberg | 553 |
| Zimmersrode | 552 |
| Züschen | 554 |
| Zwesten | 550 |
| Frankfort Jewry | 599 |
| Index of Persons | 686 |
| Index of Places | 715 |
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