Families of the Jewish faith have been documented since the 17th century . Since 1845 they had their own synagogue with a ritual bath ( mikvah ) and a cemetery . From 1836 to 1872 there was a Jewish elementary school . At the November pogrom of 1938 , on November 10 , 1938 , foreign SA troops detonated an explosive charge in the synagogue , causing major destruction . Incineration of the building was prevented by neighbours who feared the flames might spread to other buildings . As a result , prayer books , ritual objects and other furnishings were thrown into the yard and set on fire there . Today the synagogue serves as an interdenominational meeting and memorial place
November pogrom of 1938
Kristallnacht
Hemsbach