Nieder-Wiesen is a mostly Protestant village . There is an Evangelical church . Only in neighbouring villages can a Catholic church be found . Before the persecution and outright murder wrought by the National Socialists , Nieder-Wiesen was home to a remarkably large Jewish community that formed about a third of the population . Their synagogue was set on fire and destroyed as part of Kristallnacht ( 9 November 1938 ) . Witness thereto is a memorial plaque at the Evangelical church . Also bearing witness to the former Jewish community is the Jewish graveyard lying roughly 400 m south of the village
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Nieder-Wiesen