After Count Casper von der Leyen allowed Jakob Levi , a Jew , to settle in Steinbach in 1728 , a considerable Jewish community grew bit by bit in the village , which laid out its own graveyard and built a synagogue , not only for themselves but for worshippers from the surrounding area , too . It is not known in exactly what year the synagogue was built , but the Jewish Museum 's information says that it was 1725 . In 1825 , Jews made up 29 % of Steinbach 's population ; in Frutzweiler it was 6 % . Before 1933 , there were no tensions between Jews and Christians , but then came Adolf Hitler and the Nazis . On Kristallnacht ( 9 – 10 November 1938 ) , SA thugs came to the village , destroyed the synagogue in Steinbach , ravaged several Jewish houses and devastated the Jewish graveyard
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Steinbach am Glan