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This is an umbrella project for Jewish Communities in Germany.
Geni profiles should be added to the appropriate sub-projects of each of the Jewish Communities.==
THIS IS A LIST OF TOWNS. PROFILES SHOULD NOT BE INLCUDED IN THIS PROJECT AND SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE APPROPRIATE SUB PROJECT.
You should also join any town projects that are of interest to you. Project collaborators can edit the project, start discussions, add photos and documents etc. For examples of well-developed town projects see the projects for Frankfurt or Guxhagen.
The first Jewish population in the region to be later known as Germany came with the Romans to the city now known as Cologne. A "Golden Age" in the first millennium saw the emergence of the Ashkenazi Jews, while the persecution and expulsion that followed the Crusades led to the creation of Yiddish and an overall shift eastwards. A change of status in the late Renaissance Era, combined with the Jewish Enlightenment – the Haskalah, meant that by the 1920s Germany had one of the most integrated Jewish populations in Europe, contributing prominently to German culture and society. The vast majority either left the country or were murdered in the Holocaust.
For further information on German-Jewish Genealogy see the German Jewish Special Interest Group (GerSIG) on JewishGen.
List of Jewish communities in Germany
German Jewish Communities Index
Name Adoption (and other) Lists Includes various towns and cities in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, and Westphalen.
German Jewish Communities
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