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The history of the Jews in Germany goes back at least to the year 321 CE, [ 2][ 3] and continued through the Early Middle Ages (5th to 10th centuries CE) and High Middle Ages ( circa 1000–1299 CE) when Jewish immigrants founded the Ashkenazi Jewish community. The community survived under Charlemagne, but suffered during the Crusades.
Expulsions of Jews in Europe from 1100 to 1600 Jews of Germany, 13th century. The early medieval period was a time of flourishing Jewish culture. Jewish and Christian life evolved in 'diametrically opposite directions' during the final centuries of Roman empire. Jewish life became autonomous, decentralized, community-centered.
The history of the Jews in Alsace is one of the oldest in Europe. It was first attested to in 1165 by Benjamin of Tudela, who wrote about a "large number of learned men" in "Astransbourg"; [ 1] and it is assumed that it dates back to around the year 1000. [ 2] Although Jewish life in Alsace was often disrupted by outbreaks of pogroms, at least ...
The Holocaust in Germany. Jews are deported from Würzburg to the Lublin District, General Governorate, 25 April 1942. The Holocaust in Germany was the systematic persecution, deportation, imprisonment, and murder of Jews in Germany as part of the Europe-wide Holocaust perpetrated by Nazi Germany. The term typically refers only to the areas ...
The Jewish diaspora in the second Temple period (516 BCE – 70 CE) was created from various factors, including through the creation of political and war refugees, enslavement, deportation, overpopulation, indebtedness, military employment, and opportunities in business, commerce, and agriculture. [ 5]
The first Jewish population in the region to be later known as Germany came with the Romans to the city now known as Cologne. A "Golden Age" in the first millennium saw the emergence of the Ashkenazi Jews, while the persecution and expulsion that followed the Crusades led to the creation of Yiddish and an overall shift eastwards.
Jewish culture. Jewish culture is the culture of the Jewish people, [ 1] from its formation in ancient times until the current age. Judaism itself is not simply a faith-based religion, but an orthoprax and ethnoreligion, pertaining to deed, practice, and identity. [ 2] Jewish culture covers many aspects, including religion and worldviews ...
A. Jewish anti-Zionism in Germany (1 C, 5 P) Antisemitism in Germany (7 C, 151 P) Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Germany (6 C, 9 P)