Mainstockheim, Germany

Jews are first mentioned in 1594. In 1771 refugees from Kitzingen settled there. The Jewish population reached a peak of 212 in 1837 (total 1,374) with a synagogue built in 1836. Jews engaged mainly in the wine trade. From the late 19th century the Jewish population declined steadily, dropping to 74 in 1933. A local ordinance in 1933 banned nonresident Jews from entering the village and in 1934 local agitators called for the expulsion of resident Jews. On “Kristallnacht” (9-10 November 1938), SA troops and local residents vandalized the synagogue. During 1938, 13 Jews left the village, 12 for the U.S; another 13 left in 1939. Of those remaining, 27 were deported to lzbica in the Lublin district (Poland) via Wuerzburg on 24 March 1942 and another four to the Theresienstadt ghetto.