Desecrated by the Nazis, later used as a warehouse for the Raiffeisen cooperative - and now an impressive building reminiscent of the history of the Jews in Upper Franconia. The Ermreuth synagogue in the Forchheim district has had an eventful history. Since last New Year's Eve, she has been enriched by an ugly chapter - because a 21-year-old man is said to have damaged a window pane that evening and tried to ignite a firecracker. He wanted to throw it...
At the beginning of the 1990s, a manuscript began to circulate in Germany with the unwieldy title "Literature Discussion and Fiction in the Jewish Journals in Germany 1837-1918". In it, the author Itta Shedletzky brought to light a world that had previously remained unrecognized behind the big names and their books. For the first time, she made visible the breadth and depth of the emancipation discourses that had been going on since 1837 with the founding of the General newspaper...
After a decades-long dispute about the so-called Judensau at Regensburg Cathedral, a new information board is to provide information about the anti-Semitic sculpture. "The participants have jointly found a way of dealing with this historical legacy, which as the "Regensburg Way" can be a model for dealing with similar abusive sculptures," said Bavaria's Minister of Education Michael Piazolo (Free Voters) on Monday at the unveiling. "The sculpture is intended to warn everyone to take action against all forms of propaganda,...
from Olaf Przybilla, ErmreuthRajaa Nadler has lived in Germany for 40 years, in the Forchheim district for 37 years. Anyone who asks people in the area about the Ermreuth synagogue, a well-attended meeting place, will hear that it is not least a "child of Rajaa Nadler". The orientalist, who has a doctorate, laughs when confronted with it, but she wouldn't contradict it; For 32 years she has made sure that the house shines again. She says that Ermreuth was well...
Rajaa Nadler has lived in Germany for 40 years, in the Forchheim district for 37 years. Anyone who asks people in the area about the Ermreuth synagogue, a well-attended meeting place, will hear that it is not least a "child of Rajaa Nadler". The orientalist, who has a doctorate, laughs when confronted with it, but she wouldn't contradict it; For 32 years she has made sure that the house shines again. She says that Ermreuth was well on the way...
Around two weeks after what was probably a right-wing extremist attack on a synagogue in Upper Franconia, Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth (Greens) called for action against anti-Semitism. Such acts are not only a problem for Jews, but a task for everyone. "An attack on a synagogue is an attack on our democracy," said Roth on Sunday during a visit to the church in Ermreuth.A window of the building was smashed in the New Year's Eve incident, after...
The first report three days after the New Year sounded less than spectacular. The police headquarters in Upper Franconia reported that a "window pane broke" at the synagogue in Ermreuth, probably on New Year's Eve. Now it turns out that a 21-year-old German is said to be responsible for this. According to SZ information, the investigations revealed that he belonged to the right-wing extremist milieu. The man is said to have been recorded with a camera at the synagogue.Mayor Martin...
The German hope for a medal wears a different kind of racing suit. Her red one-piece suit is thickly lined, it looks warm, but less streamlined. This racing suit might cost her one or two tenths of a second, but she wears it consciously. It's not just any piece of clothing, she says. Mother has already carried it. Mother who once hid her faith because she had to. And she advised her daughter: It's better not to say that you're...
There's this monstrous number: 123423801. It's glowing in red digits on a digital scoreboard. Since the opening of the exhibition "The Last Europeans" in the Jewish Museum, it has counted backwards. The installation is like a warning prologue for this show. The 123 million are the deaths caused by European wars and acts of violence in the 20th century. A figure that is arguably not even complete, although it includes victims of atrocities committed by European powers outside the continent.At...
The dispute over the Temple Mount has often sparked violence between Israelis and Palestinians. Itamar Ben-Gvir, Minister for National Security, visits him anyway - and deliberately risks renewed escalation. source site
