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Nalbach

First Jewish presence: 1591; peak Jewish population: 68 in 1858; Jewish population in 1933: 24 (10 in Diefflen) The earliest...

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Location: Nalbach, Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Merzig

First Jewish presence: 17th century; peak Jewish population: 223 in 1846; Jewish population in 1933: 200 Merzig authorities closed this...

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Location: Merzig, Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Illingen

First Jewish presence: 1717; peak Jewish population: 270 in 1910; Jewish population in 1933: 107 Illingen Jews were able to...

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Location: Illingen, Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Homburg/Saar

First Jewish presence: 1686; peak Jewish population: 281 in 1824; Jewish population in 1933: 163 Although the Jewish community of...

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Location: Homburg/Saar (Homburg, Humborch), Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Dillingen an der Saar

First Jewish presence: 1800; peak Jewish population: unknown; Jewish population in 1933: 135 The Jews of Dillingen belonged to the...

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Location: Dillingen an der Saar (Dillingen), Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Brotdorf

First Jewish presence: early 18th century; peak Jewish population: 75 in 1895; Jewish population in 1933: unknown (26 in 1932)...

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Location: Brotdorf, Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Bosen

First Jewish presence: 17th century; peak Jewish population: 143 in 1849; Jewish population in 1933: 41 The history of Jewish...

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Location: Bosen, Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Bettingen-Huettersdorf

First Jewish presence: 1724; peak Jewish population: unknown; Jewish population in 1933: unknown (1935: 5 - Lebach, 26 - Bettingen,...

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Location: Bettingen-Huettersdorf (Hüttersdorf, Huettersdorf- Lebach), Saarland

Added Feb 05, 2020

Zeven

First Jewish presence: 1823; peak Jewish population: 22 in 1933 The Jewish community of Zeven, founded in 1842, included the...

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Location: Zeven, Lower Saxony

Added Feb 05, 2020

Wunstorf

1st Jewish presence: 13th century (1st recorded in the 16th century); peak Jewish pop.: 88 in 1860 (3.9% of the...

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Location: Wunstorf, Lower Saxony

Added Feb 04, 2020

Wilhelmshaven

First Jewish presence: in or around the year 1870; peak Jewish population: 200 in the 1920s (see below); Jewish population...

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Location: Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony

Added Feb 04, 2020

Wolfenbuettel

First Jewish presence: 1697; peak Jewish population: 302 in 1910; Jewish population in 1933: 112 From 1781 until 1893, Wolfenbuettel...

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Location: Wolfenbuettel (Wolfenbüttel), Lower Saxony

Added Feb 03, 2020

Wildeshausen

First Jewish presence: 13th century; peak Jewish population: 72 in 1865; Jewish population in 1933: unknown In 1827, the Jews...

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Location: Wildeshausen, Lower Saxony

Added Feb 03, 2020

Wesermuende

First Jewish presence: early 19th century; peak Jewish population: 340 in 1931; Jewish population in 1933: unknown (113 in 1939)...

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Location: Wesermuende (Bremerhaven, Wesermünde), Lower Saxony

Added Feb 03, 2020

Weener

First Jewish presence: 1645; peak Jewish population: 231 in 1885; Jewish population in 1933: 131 Weener’s Jews initially conducted services...

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Location: Weener, Lower Saxony

Added Feb 03, 2020

Waldenburg

First Jewish presence: 1830; peak Jewish population: 328 in 1880; Jewish population in 1933: 195 It was not until 1830...

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Location: Waldenburg (Wałbrzych), Lower Silesia

Added Feb 03, 2020

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Jason Guberman

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Jason Guberman-P., A social entrepreneur who specializes in building broad coalitions and melding intellectual and technical innovation, serves as founding Executive Director of Digital Heritage Mapping and is the coordinator of the Diarna Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life.

Joshua Shamsi

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Joshua Shamsi, is Project Director for the Atlas of Jewish Life and Lead Photographer/Outreach Director for the Diarna Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life.

Eddie Ashkenazie

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Eddie Ashkenazie, is a Yeshiva University PhD student focusing his studies on the Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in the modern era.

Avital Hirsch

Avital Hirsch graduated Magna Cum Laude from Binghamton University with a BA in language and linguistics. She has studied in Rome at Istituto Lorenzo de Medici.

Glenn Dynner

Editor

Glenn Dynner. Professor of Religion, Sarah Lawrence College. BA, Brandeis University. MA, McGill University. PhD, Brandeis University. Scholar of East European Jewry with a focus on the social history of Hasidism and the Haskalah.

Chrystie Sherman

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Born in Chicago, Chrystie Sherman was educated at the University of Vermont, the University of Paris, and New York University Graduate School of Film and Television.

Gentian Xhaxiu

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Gentian Xhaxhiu, was born in Tirana, Albania, in April 1988. He has attained a Master Degree in “EU Business Law” and has successfully completed the Annual Programme of the School of Political Studies of the Council of Europe.