Jewish Wiesbaden: Between a New Beginning, Confidence and “Tarbut – Time for Jewish Culture”

SAMUEL MANDELBAUM

Samuel Mandelbaum in 2006. Collection Jewish Community Wiesbaden
Samuel Mandelbaum in 2006. Collection Jewish Community Wiesbaden

Challenges of the First Years – Samuel Mandelbaum Reports

The interview was conducted in March 2021. At that time, Samuel Mandelbaum was one of the oldest members of the Wiesbaden Jewish Community. He has been in Wiesbaden since 1947. As a board member in the 1960s, he was instrumental in the design and implementation of the new synagogue building on Friedrichstraße. Samuel Mandelbaum was one of those who ceremoniously brought one of the Torah scrolls into the synagogue at the dedication in 1966. After leaving the board, Samuel Mandelbaum remained an active and supportive member of the congregation.

Interview Samuel Mandelbaum

Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring: first residential address of the Mandelbaum family. StadtA WI, F000-16354
The Wiesbaden synagogue inaugurated in 1966. Photographer: Joachim B. Weber. StadtA WI, F000-502
Shell of the Wiesbaden synagogue. Photographer: Norbert Sehr. Collection Jewish Community Wiesbaden
Shell of the Wiesbaden synagogue. Photographer: Norbert Sehr. Collection Jewish Community Wiesbaden
Shell of the Wiesbaden synagogue. Photographer: Norbert Sehr. Collection Jewish Community Wiesbaden
Shell of the Wiesbaden synagogue. Photographer: Norbert Sehr. Collection Jewish Community Wiesbaden
Passover 1947 in the synagogue. Collection Jewish Community Wiesbaden
Passover 1947 in the synagogue. Collection Jewish Community Wiesbaden
Passover 1947 in the synagogue. Collection Jewish Community Wiesbaden
Passover 1947 in the synagogue. Collection Jewish Community Wiesbaden
Letterhead with new stamp after 1950. HHStAW Dept. 503 No. 7394
Announcement of the municipal guardianship office. StadtA WI, Pla No. 3277
UNRRA D.P. Operations Germany map, May 8, 1946. 6.2.2 / 129799278 ITS Digital Archive, Arolsen Archive
Synagogue before 1938, on the left the sukkah (tabernacle). HHStAW fonds 3008, 1, no. 13800
Shell of the Wiesbaden synagogue. Photographer: Norbert Sehr. Collection Jewish Community Wiesbaden
Headquarters Command United States Air Forces in Europe; Jewish Community Wiesbaden (ed.): Dedication of Synagogue Center of Wiesbaden, 1946.
Newspaper notice, July 28, 1945. StadtA WI, WI/3, No. 2583
Front right: Claire Guthmann during Passover 1947 in the Wiesbaden synagogue. Collection Jewish Community Wiesbaden
2006: Portrait of Egon Altdorf taken at the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the dedication of the synagogue. Photographer: Igor Eisenschtat. Collection Jewish Community Wiesbaden
Application for compensation. HHStAW Dept. 518 No. 1166
Second from left: Samuel Mandelbaum. Collection Samuel Mandelbaum
Purim festival 1950. Collection Samuel Mandelbaum
Purim festival 1950. Collection Samuel Mandelbaum
Purim festival 1950. Collection Samuel Mandelbaum
Samuel Mandelbaum at Purim. Collection Samuel Mandelbaum
Second from left: Samuel Mandelbaum. Collection Samuel Mandelbaum
Center: Samuel Mandelbaum. Collection Samuel Mandelbaum
Collection Samuel Mandelbaum
Center: Rachel Mandelbaum. Collection Samuel Mandelbaum
Second from left: Samuel Mandelbaum. Collection Samuel Mandelbaum
Second from right: Samuel Mandelbaum. Collection Samuel Mandelbaum
Fourth from left: Samuel Mandelbaum. Collection Samuel Mandelbaum
In the foreground: Jakob Matzner during Passover 1947 in the Wiesbaden synagogue. Collection Jewish Community Wiesbaden
Passover 1947 in the synagogue. Collection Jewish Community Wiesbaden
Passover 1947 in the synagogue. Collection Jewish Community Wiesbaden
Passover 1947 in the synagogue. Collection Jewish Community Wiesbaden
Passover 1947 in the synagogue. Collection Jewish Community Wiesbaden
Passover 1947 in the synagogue. Collection Jewish Community Wiesbaden
Business card R. Mandelbaum. Collection Samuel Mandelbaum
The Café Mandel in Neugasse - opened in 1954. Collection Samuel Mandelbaum
The damaged Wiesbaden City Hall in 1945. Photographer: Willi Rudolph. StadtA WI, collection Willi Rudolph
Extent of Wiesbaden's destruction in World War II. StadtA WI, Rudolph Collection
Announcement of Jewish religious services in the Wiesbaden Post of September 5, 1947.
Passover 1947 in the synagogue: Samuel Mandelbaum, second from right. Collection Jewish Community Wiesbaden
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