A Jewish community existed in Tholey from the Eighteenth Century to about 1940 . The first Jewish family was identified in 1729 . By 1843 88 Jewish people lived in Tholey ( 9 % of the total population of 952 people ) , by 1895 there were 91 . A synagogue was dedicated on December 4 , 1863 by District Rabbi Kahn from Trier . A Jewish religious school existed since 1876 . In 1925 the Jewish community numbered 50 people ; in 1935 , 41 . Because of the increasing disenfranchisement in the Nazi period and due to the economic boycott many moved to other cities or emigrated . After the deportation at least 20 Jewish inhabitants , either born in Tholey or long-time residents , were murdered . The synagogue was sold in 1937 and later demolished , and a house constructed on its foundation in the Triererstraße
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