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Rieneck
Main-Spessart (Unterfranken)
 
In the town of Rieneck, there is a monument commemorating the fallen soldiers of the two World Wars and at the same time it is a memorial for the extinct Jewish community of Rieneck s.A. and its members. On four stone plaques to the left and the right of the monument in form of a kneeling soldier, bearing the inscription:

Die Stadt Rieneck ihren Toten der beiden Weltkriege +

the names of the fallens soldiers of both World Wars are listed. On the plaque to the far left, below the date + 1914 - 1918 +, the names of two Jewish-German soldiers can be found:

KÖSTRICH JOSEF

and

NEUGASS MOSES