Ulm

In an imperial tax list of 1241/42 is the first mention of the Jewish community of Ulm. On January 30, 1349, it was destroyed in the course of the plague pogroms, whereupon, however, in the same century again Jewish women*Jews moved to the city, whereby a new community could be founded. Since 1493, the imperial city tried to obtain the expulsion of all Jewish inhabitants from the emperor, which it succeeded in 1499 Only 1806 could - albeit initially only a few - Jews move into the city. Exactly 50 years later, it was again possible to establish an independent community; previously, the Ulm Jews had been part of the Laupheim community.

In the November pogrom of 1938 the synagogue was destroyed, Jewish residents severely mistreated and taken into "protective custody." Since the summer of 1939, the Jews of Ulm were expelled from their homes and concentrated in so-called "Jewish houses." In the post-war period, 6-7000 Jews were accommodated in Ulm DP camps. With the founding of the State of Israel in 1948, the majority left the city. Due to the increased influx from 1990 onwards, a Jewish community could be founded in 2002 The construction of a new synagogue in the city was soon sought. In May 2009 the main committee of the municipal council of the city of Ulm unanimously passed a resolution that a new synagogue could be built at the Weinhof - not far from the site of the synagogue destroyed in 1938. In March 2011 the "ground-breaking ceremony" for the construction of the new synagogue took place, then on December 2 the dedication.