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History
	On the 13.04.1997 the Emmendingen Jewish Museum was inaugurated. In the cellar of the half-timbered house right next to the destroyed Synagogue you can visit the restored Mikwe, which is protected as a historic monument and which dates back to the middle of the 19-th century. On the ground floor an exhibition about the history of the Emmendingen Jewish Community 1716-1940 is located. The destiny of the Emmendingen Jews during the Nazi dictatorship is demonstrated vividly. Apart from that the Museum shows the exhibits concerning Jewish ritual customs and everyday life. The Jewish feasts, which take place during the year, are explained in detail. On the upper floor the visitors can use the reading and seminar room with books and video- tapes about Judaism and Jewish History. The body responsible for the Museum is the Emmendingen Association for Jewish History and Culture. We regard the Emmendinge Jewish Museum as a place in which we remember, commemorate, learn and meet the Jewish life of our time.
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Exhibition
	The mikwe-building, built in about 1840; today the Jewish Museum   The restored Mikwe   Ritual objects for the celebration of the Sabbat   Tora Scroll (exercise paragraph for Bar-Mitsva) and reading device   The Jewish Year – Feasts and Holidays   The Emmendingen Synagogue before its destruction on the crystal night   The interior of the Emmendingen Synagogue before its renovation 1922/1923   Bronze plaque with the plan view and the portal view of the Emmendingen Synagogue after its enlargement 1922/1923   Law tablets
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Publications
	Jewish Life in Emmendingen Series of Pamphlets "Places of Jewish Culture" publishing house: Medien und Dialog Klaus Schubert. www.medien-und-dialoge.de     Emma Schwarz Account of an Emmendingen Jewess of her life of suffering during the NS-dictatorship and her following emigration to South Africa where her son lived. The pamphlet is available at the Jewish Museum     Gershon Gottlieb Memories of a survivor The pamphlet is available at the Jewish Museum.     Rolf Weinstock The true face of Hitler’s Germanys Rolf Weinstock, a survivor of the concentration camps in Auschwitz and Birkenau, depicts his experiences. The book is available at the Jewish Museum.
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Places worth seeing
	Commemorative Plaque at the location of the destroyed Synagogue Bronze Plaque with the plan view and the portal view of the destroyed Synagogue, located in the pavement of the “Schlossplatz” The Old Synagogue, the Israelite Community House,Kirchstr. 11, which served as a prayer room sincs 1727 “Markgrafen” castle, the collection concerning the history of the town, in the Museum in the “Marjgrafen” castle Locksmith’s house in the Landvogtei German Diary Archive Tour of the Old City