Jewish Community

The Jewish community of Worms (Kehillo kedoscho wermeise, the "Holy Community of Worms"[1]) was one of the oldest documented Jewish communities in the German-speaking world. Until its annihilation by the National Socialists, the Jewish community in Worms had existed continuously since the Middle Ages with only relatively short interruptions. Due to this long tradition, it always occupied a prominent position in the culture of remembrance of Ashkenazic Judaism.[2]

The Jewish Community of Thuringia[1] (Hebrew הקהילה היהודית ארפורט) is located in the New Synagogue in Erfurt[2] and is a public corporation. With 850 (as of 2010) members, it is one of the smaller Jewish communities in Germany. In addition to the headquarters in Erfurt, there are branch offices in Jena (170 members) and Nordhausen (40 members).

A Jewish community in Ulm already existed in the High Middle Ages, had great economic importance in the 14th century and ceased to exist in 1499 with the ban on Jews in Ulm. After the mediatization of the imperial city in 1803 and the transition of Ulm to the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1810, Jews were able to settle again and from 1856 formed an independent Israelite religious community. In the second half of the 19th century, the community grew to almost 700 people due to the influx of families from Jewish rural communities.

The Jewish community in Walldürn in the Neckar-Odenwald district (Baden-Württemberg) was established as early as the Middle Ages and existed with some interruptions until the time of National Socialism, when the last Jewish inhabitants of Walldürn were deported in 1940.

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The Jewish community of Frankenau in Frankenau in the North Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg existed from the 17th century until 1938/39.

From 1933, the number of Jewish residents decreased rapidly due to emigration and emigration. 27 persons emigrated to the USA, three persons in 1936 to Palestine/Israel. 28 persons moved within Germany, 15 of them to Frankfurt. The last family deregistered from Frankenau on March 28, 1939.