Meudt, Germany

Meudt Hesse-Nassau, Germany. Prohibitive taxation impoverished the Jews for almost a century (1750-1845). Numbering 113 in 1885, the community dwindled to 43 by 1933. Its synagogue was burned down on Kristallnacht (9-10 November 1938). Some Jews emigrated; 21 were deported in 1942.