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155:, in particular, became the spokesman for the representatives, who had demanded that the Jews deserved extended rights with increased integration. in 1835, the Grand Duke abolished all special charges against the Jews. As late as 1862, there was fierce resistance in Freiburg, especially against the freedom of movement. The merchants in particular wanted to keep the banning of the Jews in Freiburg, which had existed since 1425 and confirmed in 1809, in fear of competition. In a petition to the state parliament, it was said that 171: 273: 308: 323: 36: 120: 299:
On 1 December 1948, the city and state carried out a settlement with the Jewish community, according to which the city would remain the owner of the former synagogue site. In return, the city undertook a restoration of the Jewish cemetery, the walled-in cemetery and the building of a guard house with
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In 1953, the rabbis of the Jewish community, supported by the French military, set up a prayer room on Holbeinstraße 25. The number of Jews living in Freiburg in 1968 was 225. On 16 June 1985, the foundations were laid for a new synagogue, which was opened on 5 November 1985. It was built near the
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in 1782. The patent formally lifted the existing "Jewish laws" but there were still restrictions on Jewish people's everyday lives. Although Jews were now allowed to attend higher schools and universities, they were still not considered as full-time citizens in Freiburg. In 1809, the city council
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from the Emperor, but the taxes paid were not enough for them, meaning that Count Konrad II had amassed 400 silver marks in debts in 1326. Probably because of this dependence, Konrad, alongside his co-ruling son Friedrich, issued a comprehensive writ of protection for the city's inhabitants on 12
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at Freiburg's City Hall. On 17 March, between 4 and 5 o'clock, the Social Democratic and Jewish parliamentary representative Christian Daniel Nußbaum was arrested, who then fatally injured a police officer with a shot through the apartment door. In the course of events, the publishing house of
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Numerous "Stolpersteine" were installed across Freiburg as a way of recollecting those taken to the camps. The project "Vordtriede-Haus Freiburg" is devoted to the journalist Käthe Vordtriede and her children who had emigrated. She was the first female journalist of the newspaper
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When, in 1348, the plague spread across the territory of the German Reich, the writ of protection suddenly no longer applied. On 1 January 1349, before the plague had spread to the Upper Rhine, suspicious Jews were arrested in Freiburg at the instigation of the city council for
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Between 1869 and 1870, the Old Synagogue was built according to plans set out by Georg Jakob Schneider in Rempartstraße (later Werthmannplatz, now the Platz der Alten Synagoge). In 1870, the Jewish Cemetery in Freiburg was first used and is still in use to this day.
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minster on land which the city had provided free of charge. The city paid over one million Deutschmarks for the construction costs, the state provided a further 3.5 million out of the 7 million Deutschmarks required.
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with the exception of pregnant women, all Jews living in Freiburg were burned on the Friday before Candlemas Day on 31 January due to their misdeeds and murders, which they had instigated and admitted to
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against Christians in distant Bavaria, on 4 July 1401, the city council, after consulting Duke Leopold, announced the expulsion of all Jews from the pulpits. The councillors solemnly signed the decree
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On 22 October 1940, as across Baden, the deportation of the Jews took place in Freiburg in accordance to the framework set out by the Wagner-Bürckel campaign. They were originally taken to
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In 1360, the city council allowed the Jews to resettle, but there was great uncertainty and at the request of the city on 14 September 1394, the Austrian landlord, Duke
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On 7 September 1945, a Jewish worship service took place in Freiburg for the first time in five years. For this purpose, the city provided a room at the
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Dieser Schritt wurde von Karl von Rotteck kritisiert, der dafür war, den 'bisherigen Rechtszustand beizubehalten', so: Astrid Fritz, Bernhard Thill:
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by the National Socialists quickly spread through Freiburg. On 6 March, the Nazis, without the consent of Mayor Karl Bender, hoisted the
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On 11 November 1947 the city made former city councilor, Robert Grumbach, the deputy for all Jews in Freiburg, an honorary citizen.
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assigned a Jewish inn to the Jews in Grünwälderstraße. The inn's first tenant was the first Jewish citizen of Freiburg.
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and jackets. They also prohibited the wearing of liturgical colours such as red and green and prohibited them from
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on 10 November 1938, the Old Synagogue went up in flames. Subsequently, 100 men aged 18 or older were taken to
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At present, the Orthodox Israeli community in Freiburg has about 750 active members. Alongside this, the
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On 28 March 1933, the Jewish SPD city councillor Max Mayer resigned his mandate as a result of the
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founded in Freiburg at the end of 1945, had its headquarters located on Hansjakobstraße 8.
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Former Old Freiburg Synagogue ca. 1869/78 which was destroyed on 10 November 1938 during
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Beit Hatfutsot Open Databases Project, The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot
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when, at the site of today's Wasserstraße and Weberstraße, there was reference to a
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near the Spanish border in France and then later to the extermination camps.
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Von Schutz und Autonomie zur Verbrennung und Vertreibung: Juden in Freiburg
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Die Geschichte des Freiburger Gemeinderats unter dem Nationalsozialismus.
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Stolpersteine for the Abraham and Grumbacher families, Eisenbahnstraße 66
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Auf Jahr und Tag: Freiburgs Geschichte im Mittelalter. Vortragsreihe
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Unbekanntes Freiburg. Spaziergänge zu den Geheimnissen einer Stadt.
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Unbekanntes Freiburg. Spaziergänge zu den Geheimnissen einer Stadt.
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Unbekanntes Freiburg. Spaziergänge zu den Geheimnissen einer Stadt.
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Provisional Law on the Coordination of the States with the Reich
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Verlag Armbruster, Brändle, Hubert, Freiburg im Breisgau 1989.
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Jewish Chawurah Gescher community is also active in Freiburg.
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was only followed halfheartedly by the citizens of Freiburg.
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22. Februar 1424 – Die Juden werden aus der Stadt vertrieben
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The situation regarding the Jews only changed when Emperor
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Verfolgung, Widerstand, Neubeginn in Freiburg 1933-1945.
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Commemorative plaque „Wagner-Bürckel“ campaign at the
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took place at the beginning of January 1349 in Basel,
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Index

Late Middle Ages
ghetto
synagogue

Kristallnacht
Counts of Freiburg
Schutzjude
well poisoning
pogrom
Leopold IV
Jewish hats
Easter Week
ritual killings
Sigismund

deportation
Gurs internment camp
Joseph II
Patent of Toleration
Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden
Karl von Rotteck

the seizing of control
Swastika flag
Volkswacht (Freiburg)
NSDAP
SA
SS
Der Stahlhelm
SPD

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