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1603: 684:. As any synagogue, this was used for more than just religious services. It was also the social center of the community where members could carry out many everyday activities. This close connection between religious and everyday life was common in ghetto life. The creation of the ghetto and the corresponding isolation created a sense of self-sufficiency in the Jewish community. Within the synagogue Jewish leaders were selected, regulations from the Rabbis were issued, bankruptcies were declared and corporal punishments were carried out. The seats in the synagogue could be rented by members of the community and were auctioned off if fees were owed. 1631: 1410: 1277: 541:, which already existed, trade was less established in Frankfurt than in other German cities. Therefore, many Frankfurt Jews worked as bankers and provided loans to craftsmen, farmers, and nobles from the area surrounding Frankfurt. As a side business, they often bought and sold pawned goods. This led to a small trade in horses, wine, and grain as well as cloth, dresses, and jewelry. Because of the limited market, these enterprises remained small. Based on the amount of tax paid by the Frankfurt Jews, the wealth of the community was inferior to that of the Jewish communities in 1619: 1134: 1506: 989: 38: 521:(German, lit. "Citizens List", a list of people who lived in the city and were granted any rights and privileges due to that city). However, the second community, rebuilt in 1360, had a different and lower status. Each individual had to individually negotiate an agreement with the town council which included how long they would stay in the city, the amount of tribute they would pay and the regulations they must follow. In 1366 Emperor Charles IV instructed his representative Siegfried to prevent Jews from becoming 827: 1067: 468: 492: 1269: 456: 480: 1146: 622: 190: 566:
council rejected the imperial Heretics Tax, claiming that only they had the right to tax the Frankfurt Jews. This action, which the Jewish population had little influence over, caused the entire population to be placed under an Imperial Edict and forced them to flee Frankfurt to avoid punishment. Only in 1424 were they allowed to return after the Emperor acknowledged that the Frankfurt Council was correct in rejecting the Heretics Tax.
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Jews, these regulations included a number of arbitrary, restrictive and discriminatory rules. The laws regulated the right to live in the city, the collection of deliveries and the acceptable professions. Every Jew was required to wear a circular yellow mark on his or her clothes to identify as a Jew. Furthermore, the influx of Jews into Frankfurt was strictly limited.
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protection and support. When a large number fled the city, he lost a source of income. To make up for this loss, he confiscated houses of those who had fled and sold them to the city of Frankfurt. Those who returned to the city were allowed by the Emperor to negotiate with the city of Frankfurt to repurchase their belongings.
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gardens of Saint Bartholomew's Cathedral and was walled very early in its history. In 1349, during a Succession Crisis for the Holy Roman Emperor, the city of Frankfurt declared for Günther von Schwarzburg against Charles IV. When they expected an attack from Charles, the Jewish Cemetery was fortified with eleven
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The regulations determined that no more than 500 Jewish families live in Frankfurt. In the 60 years before the pogrom, the Jewish population had increased tenfold from 43 to 453. The law now put an upper limit on the growth that was allowed in the Jewish community. Jewish marriages were limited to 12
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found that the resolutions of the Conference surpassed the privileges that he had granted. As a result, the Emperor's protection was withdrawn for some 25 years. Rebellions and pogroms resulted in several cities with a significant Jewish population. In 1631 a large fine was paid by the communities to
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Virtually every facet of life was regulated by the council's regulations pertaining to the Jewish community. For example, Jews were not allowed to leave the ghetto during nights, Sundays, Christian holidays or during the election and coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor. In addition to isolating the
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After another order from the Emperor Frederick III, in 1458, the council finally began building houses outside the city wall and moat. In 1462 the Jews were forced to relocate into these houses. This was the beginning of the isolated and closed off ghetto. In 1464 the city established eleven houses,
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In 1360 the Emperor again granted the right for a Jewish settlement in Frankfurt. The Emperor claimed the right to taxes raised from the newly resettled population. The right to half the taxes was then sold to the Archbishop of Mainz, who then sold the rights to Frankfurt. An Imperial representative
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In June 1349 the Emperor Charles IV transferred the special Jewish tax to the city of Frankfurt for 15,200 pounds. The responsibility for protecting the Jewish population thereby shifted from the Imperial Representative to the town council of Frankfurt. Technically, the Frankfurt Jews were no longer
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One significant difference was that Jews were explicitly allowed to engage in wholesale businesses, trading commodities, such as grain, wine, cloth, silk, and other textiles. The Emperor may have allowed the Jews the wholesale business to weaken the powerful Christian traders, which had usurped the
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On 28 September 1614, the Emperor issued a sentence against Fettmilch and his followers. On 27 November, Fettmilch was arrested. He and 38 others were accused of disobedience and rebellion against the Emperor, but charged for their persecution of Jews. On 28 February 1616, Fettmilch and six others
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In the mid-14th century, renewed violence was directed against the Frankfurt Jews. Ludwig the Bavarian (Luis IV) arrested some members of the Jewish community for alleged crimes. Reacting to the arrests, many local Jews fled the city. The Frankfurt Jews had paid a special tax to the Emperor for his
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ordered the destruction of the cemetery. By the end of the war, about two-thirds of the headstones were destroyed. Today only a small portion of the cemetery is still in the original condition. In 1996 11,134 small tablets were placed in the cemetery, each one engraved with the name of a Jewish
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Four people lost their lives in the flames, and many valued objects were destroyed, including books, manuscripts and Torah scrolls. After the disaster, the inhabitants of the lane were allowed to rent houses in Christian Frankfurt until their homes were rebuilt. Those who could not afford the rent
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could not be enlarged, new houses were created by dividing existing houses. Also, on both sides of the lane, backrows of dwellings were built, so that there were four rows of houses in the ghetto. Finally, additional stories were added to the dwellings and the upper stories were built forward over
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By the end of 14th century, the Jewish community had grown large enough to establish a new synagogue, where the Jews participated in services, conducted business, swore judicial oaths, and heard proclamations from the emperor or the town council. Following the service, the rabbi would collect owed
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In the 1980s, during the construction of the new Administration Building for the city's Public Utilities, portions of the Mikwe (ritual bath) and several foundations of Jewish houses were discovered. This led to a nationwide debate on the future of these remnants of Jewish culture. In 1992, the
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The tension was caused by the guilds' demand for greater participation in urban and fiscal policies. The guilds wanted a reduction in grain prices, as well as some anti-Jewish regulations, such as a limitation in the number of Jews and a 50% reduction in the interest rate that Jewish moneylenders
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would be left to the Jewish community. It was now possible, in 1471, to pave the road, build a second well and a warm bath. The city council maintained the rights to the land and to any houses erected, regardless of who had built them. For any developed plot within the ghetto, the city received a
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The largest area of Jewish owned property in the city was the cemetery. The cemetery had been used since about 1270 and is first mentioned in a purchase document from 1300. Until 1333 when Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian expanded the city, the cemetery lay outside the city walls. It bordered on some
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By 1431 the town council considered options for dealing with the Jews. Since the town was often in conflict with either the emperor or the Archbishop of Mainz over the Jewish population, this had become a pressing issue. The council debated the creation of a ghetto in both 1432 and 1438 without
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essentially disowned the Jewish money lenders to the benefit of their Christian debtors. At the same time, the town council used a rigid new tax law to restrict the growth of the community. Between 1412 and 1416, the number of Jewish households dropped from about 27 to about 4. In 1422 the town
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Out of fear of looting, the gates to the ghetto were locked. The neighboring Christians finally allowed the Jews to flee the burning ghetto when it appeared that the fire would spread if it could not be contained. Even with the additional firefighting help the residents were unable to save the
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In late 1613, the Town Council reached an agreement with Fettmilch and his supporters. This granted the guilds increased power and rights. However, the population of Frankfurt then learned that the city had extensive debts and that the Town Council had misappropriated the Jewish tax collected.
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Post-war usage of the area included a car park, a petrol station and a wholesale flower market. The decision to build an administrative complex triggered a public discussion as to what should be done with the archaeological remains uncovered during the excavation in 1977. The foundations of 19
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demanded that the town council punish the looters and better protect the Jewish community. After extensive negotiations, the council decided that repayment would occur but only in the annulment of taxes and fees owed. Reconstruction occurred very slowly because a majority of the community was
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A result of the new laws was that the regulations were not to be renewed every three years and therefore constituted a permanent grant of residency. However, the Jews continued to be treated as an alien group, who had a lower status than citizens and non-citizen residents alike. They remained
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However, modern research questions this. Charles IV appears to have given the city of Frankfurt tacit approval for the pogrom, as mentioned above. Additionally, the plague did not reach Frankfurt until autumn 1349. It appears that some local leaders saw the loss of imperial protection as an
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in 1348 – the Emperor included a statement in the promise that turned out to be fatal. The Emperor stated that Frankfurt would not be held responsible if the Jews were killed as a result of sickness or riots. It also stated that the belongings of the deceased would revert to the city.
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Only ten years later, a second fire broke out in the ghetto on 28 January 1721. Within eleven hours, the entire northern part of the lane was in flames. Over 100 houses burned down and some houses were looted and damaged by Christian inhabitants. Due to the damage and theft,
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was added with an inscription reading "Protected by the Roman Imperial Majesty and the Holy Empire". The first act of the returning Jews was returning the desecrated synagogue and devastated cemetery to religious use. The anniversary of the return was celebrated as
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Two weeks after the Emperor left the city, on 24 July 1349, all the Jews of Frankfurt were beaten to death or burnt as their houses were set aflame. The exact number of victims is unknown, but is estimated to have been 60. In older historical sources, fanatic
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was opened in a carefully preserved basement underneath of the Administration Building. The museum displays the preserved foundations of a section of the ghetto, as well as some artifacts discovered in the construction. The museum is a branch office of the
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visited the city to encourage the town council to enforce the Church Dress Order. That demanded, that female Jews wear a blue veil and all males wear yellow rings on their sleeves. However, adherence to these regulations was enforced only for a short time.
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subjects of the Town Council and, unlike Christians, could not apply for citizenship. The Law of 1616 explicitly forbade the Jews from even calling themselves "citizen". Finally, Jews paid more than other residents in extra tariffs and additional taxes.
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The first concern of the Jewish community was the reconstruction of the destroyed synagogue. By the end of September 1711, they had finished the new building. It was constructed on the old foundations and consisted of three parts: the actual synagogue
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At the end of the 14th century, the Frankfurt Jews were subject to increased restrictions. Legislation of 1386 forbade the employment of Christians and restricted the number of Jewish servants in a household. A general "Jewish Debt Amnesty" issued by
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taxes and dispense punishments for minor offenses. Recent archeological excavations have revealed a 5.6 square meter (60 sq. ft.) area under the synagogue. This area was deep enough to reach the underground water level and most likely served as a
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recorded that a few Christians and 180 Jews died during the pogrom. It also records that 24 Jews avoided death by accepting baptism, while under the protection of the city fathers. During the attacks, the synagogue was plundered and the
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Frankfurt was one of the last cities in Europe to allow the Jews to leave the ghetto. The Frankfurt city council was generally anti-semitic. In 1769 the council responded to a Jewish petition to leave the ghetto on Sunday afternoons as
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The Frankfurt Jews were promised, by the Emperor and his descendants, the right to administer their own homes, cemeteries, synagogues and all the easements. In view of the growing number of pogroms – Jews were held responsible for the
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in 1462. By the 16th century, the number of inhabitants rose to over 3,000, living in 195 houses. The ghetto had one of the highest population densities in Europe. Contemporary documents described it as narrow, oppressive and dirty.
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The Jewish population reached its lowest point in 1416 and then grew continuously. In the second half of the 15th century, Frankfurt's Jews provided an increasingly substantial tax revenue. Following the expulsion of the Jews from
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Within the next century, the ghetto's population grew until the original houses were no longer sufficient. The Jews were then allowed to expand the ghetto into the city moat. Following the expansions of 1552 and 1579, the
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Following the fire, a number of inhabitants left the ghetto to live in Frankfurt with Christian landlords. It was not until 1729 that the town council forced the last 45 families living in Frankfurt back into the ghetto.
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Once the rebellious craftsmen learned of the Imperial Interdiction, they took to the streets in protest. The mob directed its anger against the weakest members of the dispute, the Jews. They stormed the gates of the
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was sent to Frankfurt to collect the taxes and safeguard the rights of the Jews. In 1372 the city purchased the office from the Emperor for 6,000 marks. This put the control of Jewish taxes back to the city.
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after a new set of regulations were issued in 1616. The Laws of 1616 also stated that only 12 weddings would be permitted per year in the ghetto. Even wealthy and influential inhabitants, such as the banker
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The central role of Frankfurt's Jews in Jewish spiritual life is best illustrated in the Rabbinical Conference held in Frankfurt in 1603. Many of the most important Jewish communities in Germany (including
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ordered the resettlement of all Jews living near the cathedral, as the singing in the synagogue was disturbing the Christian services in the cathedral. Then, in 1446 a murder occurred on a Jew known as
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The town council required that all reconstruction in the lane follow strict building codes. The builders' drawings, collected and archived by the council, allow an excellent reconstruction of the old
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The Law of 1616 was revised several times, for example in 1660. Each revision improved the situation of the Jews. However, the Jewish Laws remained a medieval legal construct until the 19th century.
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were forced to search for homes in surrounding Jewish communities. Jews who had lived in the ghetto without permission were expelled. The Jewish community of Frankfurt set the date of the fire (24
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was organized rather than spontaneous. One reason presented is that the fighting lasted more than a day. Secondly, a fortified tower where 70 Jews had taken refuge was captured. Finally, a
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The ghetto remained a very crowded section of town owing to both rapid population growth and the refusal of Frankfurt's municipal authorities to allow the ghetto's area to expand.
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ordered that equal rights be granted to all religious creeds. One of his first acts was to repeal the old municipal law forbidding the Jews from walking on a main ring road, the
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Following the destruction of World War II, the area was completely leveled and built over. From 1952 to 1955 roads were built including the Kurt-Schumacher-Straße (named after
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could charge. Aside from the guilds, merchants and independent craftsmen also supported Fettmilch in hopes of annulling their debts by restricting the number of moneylenders.
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By 1854 the Jewish community had torn down the old synagogue (built in 1711) to build a new synagogue in 1859 to 1860. The new synagogue would become the spiritual center of
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As a reaction to the Fettmilch Rebellion, a new set of regulations were issued in 1616. However, these laws, originating with the Imperial Commissioners from Hessen and the
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opportunity to clear their debts and acquire new property. The church yard of St. Bartholomew's Cathedral, for instance, was expanded into what had been Jewish property.
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Initially, some 15 families with about 110 members lived in Frankfurt's Judengasse when they were forcibly removed from the city and relocated to the ghetto by decree of
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at the Leo Baeck Institute, New York. This collection contains original materials dating back to 1719 documenting life in the Jewish community of Frankfurt am Main.
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was hit and started to burn, destroying about a third of the houses. Following the damage to the entire city, the Austrian garrison was forced to surrender.
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refers to the set of special regulations which defined the rights and restrictions applicable to a Jewish resident from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.
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In business the Jews were broadly granted the same rights that Christian non-citizen residents had. These non-citizen rights, which had evolved during the
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The deportation of the Jewish residents to their deaths in the East quickened in pace after Kristallnacht. Their property and valuables were taken by the
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eliminated the requirements to live in the ghetto and abolished all special Jewish taxes. However, the Jewish community had to pay a lump sum of 440,000
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subjects of the Emperor but of the city council. Nevertheless, the Emperors maintained an interest in the Jewish population until the end of the Empire.
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During the 15th century, the guilds, facing competition from the Jewish traders, were able to increase restrictions on the Jews. Nevertheless, when
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most Jews had left the former ghetto during the 19th century and settled in the neighboring suburb, "Ostend". After the Jews had moved out of the
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assessed a tax on the Jewish communities to pay for his Italian Campaign in 1497, Frankfurt's contribution was second only to that of the city of
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attacked a rabbi and his pupils in their school. All three events imply a measure of planning and the presence of soldiers or a strong militia.
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with limited control from the Emperor. This new wealth and freedom led to the total domination of city government by a few wealthy patricians.
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were located in this area. During this time the Frankfurt Jews were allowed to travel throughout the city, which was an unusual freedom in the
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The Fettmilch Rebellion was remarkable as for the first time many Christian commentators had supported the Jewish community in this dispute.
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During the economic growth at the end of the 14th century, the Jewish population increased from 260 in 1543 to about 2,700 in 1613. As the
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is under the Customer Service Center for the Frankfurt Public Utilities, which was built in 1990. This south end is accessible from the
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which were defended by local Jews. After several hours of fighting at the barricades, the mob entered the ghetto. All inhabitants of the
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masters, from setting their own laws or holding their own courts. In 1424 the town council collected all the individual regulations into
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includes a merry march which remembers the joyful return. However, the Jews never received the promised compensation for their losses.
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one dance hall, two pubs, and a community center at its own expense. The cold bath and synagogue were built by the Jewish community.
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At the end of the 19th century, most of the buildings in the Judengasse were demolished. The area suffered major destruction during
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construction of houses, the general lack of fire walls and the corbelled upper floors allowed the fire to race through the ghetto.
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ghetto. Within 24 hours every house had burned to the ground. Fortunately, the wind shifted before the fire could spread further.
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palatinate (Kurmainz), were based largely on anti-Semitic attitudes and did little to support the rights of the Jewish community.
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and one of the earliest ghettos in Germany. It existed from 1462 until 1811 and was home to Germany's largest Jewish community in
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Despite the extensive damage from the battle, the destruction had a benefit to the Jewish community. The bombardment led to the
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buildings were found and five of these can be seen at the "Museum Judengasse" which was incorporated into the new building.
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the lane until they nearly touched each other. On lower houses, large – often multi-story –
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by the Hebrew calendar, the Jews who had fled were led back into Frankfurt by Imperial soldiers. Above the gates to the
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was attacked and looted, and the Jews were expelled from the city. Two Jews and one assailant were killed in the
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works were printed in the ghetto. Whenever the Jewish communities of Germany collected money for the poor Jews in
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River. This prosperous section of the city was also the center of political life in Frankfurt. The town hall, the
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Elieser ben Nathan (who died between 1145 and 1152) mentioned the Jewish community in Frankfurt in his book
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before deportation, and they were subjected to extreme violence during transport to the stations for the
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and the guilds between 1612 and 1614 led to the Fettmilch uprising in 1614, named after its ringleader,
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Copper engraving of the Judengasse in Frankfurt am Main after the fire, 1713. In the collection of the
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was used for interments. Around this time, the old Jewish cemetery was closed and left undisturbed.
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Captivity, conversion, and communal identity: sexual angst and religious crisis in Frankfurt, 1241
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The Jewish community of Frankfurt was one of the most important in Germany in the 16th century. A
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in Frankfurt began on 8 August 1819, and ended on 12 August with arrival of a military presence.
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Die Judengasse in Frankfurt am Main. Ergebnisse der archäologischen Untersuchungen am Börneplatz
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and other locations, including Frankfurt, certain privileges relating to reductions in fees and
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Saloniki; and the third has been attributed to R. Yehudah b. Moshe HaKohen. see: Rachel Furst,
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It is likely that Jews were amongst the earliest inhabitants of Frankfurt. On 18 January 1074,
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On 14 January 1711, one of the largest fires that ever occurred in Frankfurt broke out in the
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were destroyed. All of this occurred despite the fact that the Jews had been protected by the
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From 1828 until 1929 Jews were buried in the Jewish Cemetery, next to the main cemetery on
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Before the slaughter of the Jewish community in 1349, Frankfurt's Jews were listed in its
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and reconstruction left no visible signs of the ghetto in today's townscape of Frankfurt.
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Most of the synagogues in Frankfurt were severely damaged or destroyed by the Nazis on
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are believed to be responsible for initiating the murders as a response to the plague.
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for an improvement of their status, which had not changed significantly following the
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In the 14th century, Frankfurt lacked a powerful mercantile upper class. Despite the
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per year, whilst Christians had to prove only that their wealth allowed a marriage.
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Street. A memorial plaque on the synagogue indicates the location of Number 41
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Fettmilch declared the Council deposed and seized the city gates. Consequently,
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Following the end of the Confederation of the Rhine and reestablishment of the
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troops, Kléber positioned his troops to attack the garrison. The French army's
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elements, including Gothic arches, an independent façade, columns, and a large
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is unclear owing to the scarcity of sources. The theory that it was led by the
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Highest Regulation, for the equality of civil right of the Jewish Municipality
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In 1465 the city council decided that the cost of further construction on the
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The ghetto was located outside the city walls east of the medieval city wall (
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A further witness to the Jewish ghetto is the large (11,850 m or 2.93 acres)
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at an angle and covers much of the former ghetto. The main synagogue is in
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Fritz Backhaus, Gisela Engel, Robert Liberles, Margarete Schlüter (Hrsg.):
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A few Hebrew sources discuss the pogrom as well. One source, a legalistic (
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Memorial to the 11,134 Frankfurt citizens killed during the Holocaust –
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Until the Late Middle Ages, the Frankfurt Jews lived in the present-day
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At the beginning of the 20th century, there were approximately 7000
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basically follows the northern end of Börne Street and the former
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Die Frankfurter Judengasse. Jüdisches Leben in der Frühen Neuzeit
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The seventeenth century Hebrew book : an abridged thesaurus
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Altogether only 500 Jewish families were allowed to live on the
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Frankfurt am Main – Die Geschichte der Stadt in neun Beiträgen
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citizen from Frankfurt who was murdered during the Holocaust.
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in 1816, the Senate agreed upon a series of articles to the
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Der erste Rothschild. Biographie eines Frankfurter Juden
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Frankfurt city map 1628, showing the curved Judengasse.
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power the guilds had lost in the Fettmilch Rebellion.
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Very few of the headstones are left in the cemetery.
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Rechneigrabenstraße 5 (Niederhofheim'sche Synagoge)
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Most ended up in new 1094:were positioned north of the city between the 847:which would strip the offender of all rights. 325:Exactly who may have been responsible for the 27:Historical Jewish ghetto in Frankfurt, Germany 2273:1460s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire 1509:The main synagogue in Frankfurt destroyed on 1141:from the Ravenstein produced City Map (1861). 659:(German "Christ is risen"). In 1452 Cardinal 8: 1684:. Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. 10 November 1938 2082:Frankfurter Historische Kommission (Hrg.): 1448:Street cuts across a section of the former 1393:nearly all of Frankfurt's Jews, the former 1338:was renamed after the most famous resident 1311:home at Number 148, then used as a museum. 712:were added to increase the available room. 417:The reestablishment of the Jewish community 107: 2119:Archiv für Frankfurts Geschichte und Kunst 2086:. Sigmaringen 1991. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 1746:. Sigmaringen 1991. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 961:(German: Acorn) owned by the senior Rabbi 896:, after Fettmilch's first name. The Purim- 676:This first ghetto synagogue, known as the 185:History before the creation of the ghetto 165:) and formed a slight curve from today's 82:Learn how and when to remove this message 1656:"Infobank Judengassse Frankfurt am Main" 1580:. Starting in 1929 the new cemetery on 1054:impoverished by the previous disasters. 45:This article includes a list of general 2288:Museums and exhibits about antisemitism 2170:Infobank about the Judengasse Frankfurt 2022:Note: The following are all in German. 1682:"Virtual Jewish History Tour Frankfurt" 1647: 1608:The Jewish Cemetery as depicted in the 1598: 748:Academy had been established where the 451: 1432:The northern half of the current road 1389:on the west side. After the Nazis had 1021:. Compared to other synagogues of the 503:The Jewish Code of Residence (German: 438:. Later, in 1388 during a war between 1722:, Jewish History (2008) 22: 179–221. 1624:Old Jewish Cemetery on Battonnstraße. 1541:before their murder in camps such as 1537:established by the Nazis such as the 7: 2128:, Thorbecke-Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, 2107:. 2 Bände, Frankfurt a. M. 1925–1927 2098:Das unbekannte Frankfurt. Neue Folge 907:The Jewish Code of Residence of 1616 449:, the cemetery was again fortified. 1456:Street opposite to the junction of 1350:(German: Jews' Market) was renamed 1187:the book and any copies found were 1009:or new synagogue to the south. The 635:reaching a conclusion. In 1442 the 292:of children of such marriages. The 1280:The Börneplatz Synagogue, c. 1890. 473:Remains of destroyed memory stones 157:Part of Staufenmauer at Fahrgasse. 51:it lacks sufficient corresponding 25: 1397:was totally destroyed during the 1362:and had their own Synagogue, the 740:The rabbinical conference of 1603 201:granted the citizens and Jews of 2175:Gerald J. 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Additionally, 318:or Jewish dirge records that 234:Saint Bartholomew's Cathedral 2010:, Synagogue Internet Archive 1998:, Synagogue Internet Archive 1986:, Synagogue Internet Archive 1974:, Synagogue Internet Archive 1962:, Synagogue Internet Archive 1950:, Synagogue Internet Archive 1948:Marktplatz (Ortsteil Höchst) 1938:, Synagogue Internet Archive 1926:, Synagogue Internet Archive 1914:, Synagogue Internet Archive 1902:, Synagogue Internet Archive 1883:, Synagogue Internet Archive 1871:, Synagogue Internet Archive 1859:, Synagogue Internet Archive 1847:, Synagogue Internet Archive 1354:(German: Boerne Platz). The 994:Jewish Museum of Switzerland 879:square. On the same day, 20 2146:Museum Judengasse Frankfurt 1830:(in German). Archived from 310:It seems possible that the 286:Jewish-Christians marriages 2309: 1785:Heller, Marvin J. 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