Up until 1870 settling in Rothenburg hadn't been possible anymore for Jews. Their old synagogues didn't exist anymore,
that's why they had to make do with rented rooms on
Heringsbronnengässchen. These rooms in a Jewish house were
used as a school, prayer room and community centre. The small Jewish community went through ups and downs
(e.g. WWI, 1914 -1918) living side by side with their Christian neighbours.
The National Socialists coming into power brought the brutal displacement and deportation of the Jewish community
in 1938. From then on to this day no Jewish citizen has settled in Rothenburg.
Construction drawing from 1889 of the house used as a synagogue.
Floor plan with interior fittings, teacher's flat, school- and counselling room.
