One of the signs located at historical locations and describing the history of Mannheim.
Each of the signs is marked with a dot in a specific color, according to the legend located at the bottom of the sign - the current sign belongs to the category "Immigration, Tolerance - Persecution"
The sign is located in front of the Mannheim synagogue. The place was photographed on the same day by the same photographer
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Click for a larger image The images appearing on the sign are shown here in enlarged format
Image 1 - Family Coat of Arms
Click for a larger image Image 2 - Cultural life
Click for a larger image תמונה 3 - חגיגת פורים
Image 3 - Purim celebration
Click for a larger image Image 4 - First family
Click for a larger image Translation of the text on the sign:
CITY POINTS
MANNHEIM’S LOCAL HISTORY
[Emblem of Mannheim]
MANNHEIM
• Jews in Mannheim Mannheim’s Jewish history begins with the second founding of the city after the Thirty Years’ War. An electoral concession from 1660 invited Jews to settle in the Rhine-Neckar city. With the legal status of "protected citizens," Jews in Mannheim enjoyed extensive freedoms—considering the circumstances of the time. During the Residence period of the 18th century, their number doubled from around 550 to almost 1,200, but at the same time, their share of the population declined from over 10 percent to around 5 percent. In the 19th century, Jewish bankers and merchants made significant contributions to Mannheim’s rise as a commercial and industrial city. Jews played a key role in the civic emancipation movement. Their equal citizenship was accompanied by a process of assimilation, which was only slightly slowed by the immigration of Eastern European Jews in the first decades of the 20th century.
Structure of Mannheim’s city points:
• Fortress. Planned city - Residence
• Migration, Tolerance - Persecution
• Bourgeoisie - Trade - Industry
• Democracy - Labor Movement, Resistance
• Vibrant City. Battered City. Modern Metropolis
Further information:
www.mannheim.de [QR Code]
[Image 1]
Coat of arms on house 0 1,5-6, which in 1735 belonged to Wolf Lôn, the head of the Jewish community. The initials WL are clearly visible.
[Image 2]
Mannheim’s Jews take an active part in the city’s cultural life. On December 16, 1930, the lyrical canto "Light and People" was premiered in the Rose Garden’s Muses Hall by the Jewish choral society Liederkranz and the synagogue choir.
[Image 3]
Purim celebration in the Naussynuguge, 1932. The Purim Festival is celebrated in commemoration of Queen Esther’s rescue of the Jews from the Persian diaspora; it is a joyful spring festival during which it is customary to dress up and wear costumes.
[Image 4]
The Jewish Fürst family, 1866. Moritz Fürst (1821-1876) was a lawyer and a member of the Bürgervehe (civil guard) in 1848. His wife, Clementine geta Caan (1815-1972), lived in Frankfurt. The children, from left to right, were Therese (born 1856); Elisa (1863-1953, who escaped from Gurs to Switzerland in 1942); Anna (1866-1942, died in Feudenheim); and Otto (1860-1920).