The Förderverein ehemalige Synagoge Kitzingen had invited Bernd Siegler from Nuremberg to a presentation of the book "Heulen mit den Wölfen - Der 1. FC Nürnberg und der Ausschluss seiner jüdischenMitglieder". Mr. Siegler, who is often referred to as the "historian of FCN", reported on the events that led to the expulsion of 142 Jewish members from the FCN membership register on 30 April 1933 in front of an interested audience. The reading was moderated by Diethart Bischof from Fürth, an FCN supporter since the age of 4.
Continue readingOn the last day of school before the Easter vacations and exactly one month before the start of Passover, Margret Löther, 1st Chairwoman of the Association for the Promotion of the Former Synagogue in Kitzingen, was able to welcome a colorful group to the laying of six Stolpersteine. of the Friends of the Former Kitzingen Synagogue was able to welcome a diverse group of people to the laying of six Stolpersteine in the Old Kitzingen Synagogue at 10 a.m.: in addition to Rabbi Shlomo Zelig Avrasin, Jewish Community of Würzburg, Mayor Stefan Güntner and the sponsors of the Stolpersteine, members of the Friends, representatives of "Inner Wheel" and two school classes were also present.
The pupils of the 9th grade of the Siedlung secondary school had already walked through the city in September with Ms. Löther "in the footsteps of (15-year-old) Otto Oppenheimer".
Continue readingExcursion with Wolf-Dieter Gutsch
Jewish cemeteries must never be abandoned or closed down. They are created for eternity and seem to have fallen out of time.
The magic of the place can be felt everywhere - The Rödelsee Jewish cemetery looks like an enchanted garden to its visitors
The former communities of the Kitzingen rabbinate form the network of communities of the Rödelsee Jewish cemetery.
Gravestones speak to us if we know how to read them.
Around 2,500 gravestones have been preserved to this day - and each of them is part of a biography and a family history. An invitation to search for clues.
The Rödelsee Jewish cemetery was first mentioned in 1432. The last (secret) burial took place in 1943.