Jewish life in Harxheim
People of Jewish faith were also part of the Harxheim village community for generations. They lived peacefully with their Protestant and Catholic neighbors, pursued their professions, and their children went to school here. By the end of the 1930s, all these people had disappeared – emigrated, forcibly resettled or later murdered in the death camps. Who were these people and what was their personal fate?
Jewish population in Harxheim
Jewish life was part of the culture and history of Rheinhessen for generations. In almost all...
Jewish life in Harxheim: Fritz Mayer
The eldest son of Ferdinand Mayer, Moritz Fritz, call name Fritz, born on August 21, 1907, went to...
Jewish life in Harxheim: Judith Mayer
Ferdinand's widow Judith prepared her emigration to the USA from October 1938. Of the household...
Jewish life in Harxheim: Johanna Mayer
Johanna Mayer was born in Harxheim on June 9, 1909. She spent her school years in Harxheim and...
Jewish life in Harxheim: Simon Mayer
Simon, born in Harxheim on April 20, 1919, was the youngest of five siblings. Like the other...
Jewish life in Harxheim: Family Ferdinand and Judith Mayer
In today's Untergasse 19 lived for generations the merchant family Mayer. Last were Ferdinand...
Jewish life in Harxheim: Family Moritz and Katharina Gutha Mayer
In Untergasse 13 lived another family named Mayer: Moritz (born on 17.10.1879 in Harxheim) and...
Jewish life in Harxheim: Other Jewish persons
According to research by Rüdiger Gottwald, the Jewish families Sommer and Goldschmitt lived at the...
