sentences:  Within the territory of the Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, there was generally little tolerance for Jews.Owing to a few exceptions, mainly after the Thirty Years' War, when the population had been heavily decimated, a few Jewish families managed to settle.In the "Eßweiler Tal", the small region where Hinzweiler lies, the centre of Jewish life was mainly in Eßweiler.