Jewish Community of Speyer, Germany

The history of the Jews in Speyer, Spire, Spira, Spires, reaches back over 1,000 years. In the Middle Ages the city of Speyer, Germany, was home to one of the most significant Jewish communities in the Holy Roman Empire. In 1096 Speyer was the very first town n which Jews suffered at the hands of the Cursaders.

After many ups and downs throughout history the community was totally wiped out in 1940 in the Holocaust. With the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989 Jews again chose to settle in Speyer and a first assembly took place in 1996. . . . More

Holocaust Archives

• Kindertransport outside the Speyer children's home USHMM
• CHILDREN'S HOMES (SPEYER) USHMM
• JEWISH SURVIVORS IN SPEYER, GERMANY USHMM
• JEWISH DEPORTEES FROM SPEYER/ RHEIN TO NANCY, FRANCE ON 10/22/1940 USHMM

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Links

• Speyer Jewish Encyclopedia
• Speyer Jewry
• Jews Invited to Settle in Speyer
• Jewish Courtyard and Museum Schapirain Speyer
•   The Famous Jewish Ritual Bath in Speyer

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Prominent Scholars

The most prominent scholars of Speyer have been the following:

1. Kalonymus ben Moses,
2. Jekuthiel ben Moses,
3. Moses ben Jekuthiel,
4. Judah ben Kalonymus,
5. David ben Meshullam,
6. Abaham ben Meir ha-Kohen,
7. Kalonymus ben Isaac,
8. Jacob ben Isaac ha-Levi
9. Elieazer ha-Hazzan,
10. Eliakim ha-Levi,
11. R' Isaac ben Asher ha-Levi
12. Samuel ben Kalonymus
13. R' Abraham ben Solomon
14. R' Isaac of Bohemia
15. Eliezer ben Isaac
16. Meir ben Kalonymus
17. David of Speyer
18. Simcha ben Samuel
19. Abraham ben Samuel

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