A month and nine days too early Kristallnacht – Crystal Night, a euphemism for the shards of broken glass that littered the streets – was a pogrom against Jews carried…
The widely extended Selig family had lived in Hechtsheim for several generations and earned their living as fruit, grain and livestock traders. Simon Selig I, born in Wiesenbronn near Würzburg…
>The bronze base of the Heunensäule documents significant events in Mainz’s history, this sculpture depicting the burning of the synagogues in the pogrom of 9-10 November 1938. Mainz has a…