Jewish
Families in Scheindorf (Addendum
completed by Jerry Boyle)
In 1912, there were three individuals
of the Jewish faith living in
Scheindorf. In 1930, there were 19.
Before the start of World War II, there
were five Jewish families in Scheindorf.
During the war, the Nazis took all of
the Jewish families to the extermination
camps. The women and children were all
killed. The men who survived being used
as slave labor by the Nazis returned to
Scheindorf after the war and shortly
afterwards moved to the
British-controlled country of Palestine.
Part of Palestine became the country of
Israel in 1948. The other parts of
Palestine were taken over by Egypt and
Jordan. At least one Scheindorfer
Swabian kept in contact with one of the
Jewish men who survived the Nazi death
camps. That person was Francisca Tom
Sieber. Francisca Tom Sieber and her
family moved to Clifton, New Jersey, USA in the 1960's from Scheindorf. When Mary
and John Weiss (my Grandparents) and
other former Scheindorfers visited
Israel in the early 1970's, they met
with this man in Jerusalem.
Gypsies in Scheindorf
(Addendum
completed by Jerry Boyle)
Gypsies (Zigeuner in German) have lived
in Scheindorf for many years. Gypsies
refer to themselves with the name "Rom"
and not Gypsy. Recently, the Rom of
Scheindorf have purchased some Swabian
homes after their owners moved out of
Scheindorf. Along with the Jews, the Rom
were also killed in great numbers in the
Nazi extermination camps during World
War II.
