Wölfersheim is a municipality in the
Wetteraukreis in
Hessen,
Germany
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. It is located approximately 34 kilometers north of
Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...
.
Division of the municipality
The municipality consists of 5 districts:
* Wölfersheim
* Södel
* Melbach
* Berstadt
* Wohnbach
Holocaust
There was a small Jewish community in Wolfersheim since at least 1700.
On ''
Kristallnacht'', the night of broken glass, the Jews of the town were brutally attacked by thugs. Their legal documents were destroyed and some were sent to the concentration camps where they were murdered by the Nazis. The Jewish cemetery still stands today though there are no Jews left in the town.
References
External links
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Wetteraukreis
Holocaust locations in Germany
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