In Bamberg bestanden vom Mittelalter an nacheinander mehrere Synagogen. Durch die Jahrhunderte hindurch waren und sind sie Zeichen auch für Siedlungspunkte der jüdischen …

Bamberg looks back upon 1.000 years of a mutual Jewish-Christian history and cohabitation in town. The first Jewish settlements actually go back to the founding years of Bamberg in the …

The synagogue, which housed ritual objects from the region’s many Jewish communities and 40 Torah scrolls, was burned down on Pogrom Night. The old synagogue was vandalized, as …

A. Eckstein, rabbi of Bamberg (1888–1935), wrote a number of studies on the history of the Jewish communities in Bavaria. During the Nazi regime, the synagogue was burned down on …

Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Bamberg - Or Chajim, Jüdische Gemeinde Bamberg, Jüdische Religionsgemeinschaft, Synagoge in Bamberg, Jüdsches Lehrhaus

Eine Gedenktafel (mit dem falschen Datum 1664) erinnert heute daran, dass die Generalsgasse für rund 250 Jahre das Zentrum des jüdischen Lebens in Bamberg bildete. Für die auf über …

Nachdem seit 1556 wieder Juden in Bamberg leben konnten, mieteten sie ab dem folgenden Jahr 1567 von Freiherr von Rotenhan das Hinterhaus in der Generalsgasse 15 und richteten hier …

The first synagogue of the community became the "Marienkirche" after the persecution of 1349, and when it fell into decay in 1470 a new church was built on the site. The second synagogue …

In Bamberg there were several synagogues one after the other from the Middle Ages on . Throughout the centuries they were and are symbols of settlement points for the Jewish …

An exploration of Jewish life in Bamberg, revealing both what has been lost and what exists now, and emphasizing the significance of German-Jewish life in the history of this city.