A History of the Jews in Bickenbach and Southern Hesse
Karl Schemel About this book t Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, the heroic memorial for the Holocaust, the memory of three Jewish fellow-citizensA from Bickenbach who were victims of the Nazi terror, lives on – Rosel Wolf, aged 12, and her parents, Benno and Settchen Wolf, were murdered in a camp in Minsk, Belorussia, in 1941 or 1942. This book, which is about the history of the Jews in Bickenbach and in southern Hesse, is dedicated to their memory. After intensive study and years of research, Karl Schemel, the author of the book and mayor of Bickenbach, has set out a lasting literary monument for the former Jewish citizens. Based on the earliest reports of Jewish life in Bickenbach, he reconstructs the history of the Jews in the region over the centuries, who found their terrible end in Nazi persecution. This book remembers the fate of many Jewish families from Bickenbach and neighbouring communities, drawing an impressive picture of the culture, religion and language of Jews of southern Hesse, and reminds us of still visible traces of Jewish history in the nearby region. Numerous illustrations also depict the lives of Jewish families and communities. In countless conversations, Karl Schemel has collected information that inevitably would have been forgotten without this book, and he has made and maintained contact with families of the survivors – in the knowledge that “planting a small seed of possible friendship requires care and assistance from every side, as well as constant attention”. Stefan Rebenich, Professor of Ancient History and the Classical Tradition, University of Bern, Switzerland. Bickenbach on the Sand Bickenbach community local history Volume 2 Karl Schemel A History of the Jews in Bickenbach and southern Hesse English edition Edited by Andrew Wolf and Anna Wolf Bickenbach on the Sand Bickenbach community local history Volume 2 A History of the Jews in Bickenbach and southern Hesse Author: Karl Schemel English edition Edited by Andrew Wolf and Anna Wolf ORIGINAL EDITION: Copyright © Karl Schemel 1993 All rights reserved.
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