Together with their daughter Ruth, Leon and Mina Schmalzbach lived in the teacher’s apartment on the second floor of the Jewish meting house at Goldschmiedstrasse 18.

Immediately next to it, in the Hechingen Synagogue, Leon Schmalzbach led the religious service on Sabbath and the Jewish holidays.

Spiritual and emotional care for the community, even support of the families during funeral services in the cemetery, were part of his many different responsibilities.