Little is known about the early history of the Jews of Tübingen in the Middle Ages. What is certain, however, is that Tübingen's Judengasse was first mentioned in a document as early as 1398. The name originated from the medieval Jewish quarter in today's city center (between Haaggasse and Krummen Brücke). The quarter was characterized by its ghetto-like construction: It was closed off with gates and comprised about 30 houses.

was located in front of the Hageböcker Tor, in the area of the Domwiesen. Today no longer exists.

according to Mastaler:

I. Jewish cemetery [in front of the Hageböcker gate]
1533 - "dormitorium Jodorum", StA, city leavings
1541 - "barn near the Joden Kirchove" [Jews' churchyard], StA, city leavings
1556 - "near the Joden Karkhove", StA, town disposals
1587 - "garden near the Jodenkirchhof ... to the city and after the Thumbwisch", StA, city disposals
17th century - demise in the turmoil of the 30-year war

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The first Jews settled in Bodenheim after the Thirty Years' War. Around the middle of the 19th century, the community comprised about 120 members, then their number declined due to emigration to about 45 in 1933.

The Jewish cemetery in Bodenheim was used from 1833 to 1937 . Today's cultural monument is located at the southwestern edge of the village, at the extension of the Ebersheimer Weg. The entrance is closed, but at various points through gaps in the hedge you can see the still 43 existing gravestones.

A first forerunner of the Theodor Herzl School was founded in 1920. Due to the constant growth in the number of students, they had to move regularly. During the National Socialist era, the number of students tripled; in 1936, it rose to as many as 609. In 1934, the school found its final location at Kaiserdamm 78. The special feature was that an emphasis was placed on the teaching of Jewish history as well as Hebrew, which can be justified by the fact that it was a Zionist school that prepared its students for emigration to Palestine.

Ludwig Simon (1880-1962) married in 1922 in Berlin- Charlottenburg Mrs. Martha Elkan (1900-1994). Together with their son Herbert Simon, born in 1926, they lived from about 1926/27 until March 26, 1939 at what was then Dernburgstraße 46; from 1936 the address was Gustloffstraße 15 (renamed after the National Socialist Wilhelm Gustloff). On November 11, 1938, shortly after the Reich Pogrom Night, Ludwig Simon was arrested and deported to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

On 01.10.1898 the Jew Harry Hahn founded the Berlin Rowing Club "Triton" e.V. He became 1st chairman, while Herbert Gedalius acted as secretary and Siegfried Glasfeld as 1st treasurer. It was obvious to all that it was a Jewish club, since in the middle of the flag a Star of David was placed.