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<p>The first documentary mention of Frankfurt Jews dates back to the 12th century. After two pogroms in 1241 and 1349, Jewish families were allowed to settle again in 1360 within the framework of the St&auml;ttigkeit, the Jewish order of Frankfurt.<br />. In 1462 the Jewish families were expelled from the city. They were assigned an area outside the city walls. Here was formed the first Jewish ghetto in Germany - the Judengasse. It ran in an arc from today&#39;s Konstablerwache almost to the Main River.

In Rockenhausen (town since 1332) Jews lived in the second half of the 13th century. A pogrom occurred on April 23, 1283 (four days after pogroms in Mainz and Bacharach), when 13 Jews were slain in Rockenhausen. Others were forcibly baptized or managed to escape. A few years later (from 1309) Jews again lived in the town. During the persecution in the plague period 1348/49 Jews were also murdered in Rockenhausen. After that, the sources about Jews in the town are silent for a long time.