The history of Jewish people in Frankfurt 1. Jews in Frankfurt during the Middle Ages 2. Jews in the National Socialism 3. Popular Jews from Frankfurt.

The history of Jewish people in Frankfurt

1. Jews in Frankfurt during the Middle Ages

2. Jews in the National Socialism

3. Popular Jews from Frankfurt

Jews in Frankfurt during the Middle Ages

• 1150 first synagogue was built

• Jewish quarter in the center of the town

• Jobs: traders and bankers

• unpolular

1241 and 1349 pogroms

Judengasse

• In 1462 all Jews had to move into the „Judengasse“

• Jews weren‘t allowed to go out at night or on Christian holidays

• Equal rights in 1864

Jews in the National Socialism

• The Nazi‘s takeover

• Jews suffered from restrictions

• 9th November 1938 pogrom

• About 6 million Jews were killed in concentration camps

Popular Jews from Frankfurt

Anne Frank Rothschild