Еврейская религиозная община (г. Грац)

Еврейская религиозная община (г. Грац) 

Jews began settling in Graz no later than the late thirteenth to early fourteenth centuries, living in a particular quarter of the city. In 1496, the Jews were expelled from Graz and forbidden to live there, except temporarily, until 1861. In 1865, a community prayer house was opened in Graz, and in 1892, a synagogue. The Jewish religious community of Graz was established in 1869. The community numbered 250 members in that year; 1,971 in 1910; and 2,500 on the eve of the March 1938 Anschluss. During 1908-14, it published the monthly Grazer Israelitischer Gemeindebote, and during 1926-34, the bimonthly Bulletin of the Graz Jewish Community. The president of the community in the 1930s was R. Sonnewald. The synagogue was destroyed during Kristallnacht (9-10 November 1938). By the middle of 1939, virtually the entire Jewish population of Graz had emigrated.  

Еврейская религиозная община (г. Грац)