Bamberg is a city in Bavaria. Jews were present in the town prior to the First Crusade (1096). The Jewish population reached its peak in 1880 at 1,270 persons (about 4.3% of the total population. By 1933, the population had declined to about 862 persons and by 1939 had further declined to about 420 persons. The remaining Jews were ultimately concentrated in a ghetto which was liquidated in 1942, and the remaining 300 Jews were deported to the Riga ghetto. The synagogue depicted in the postcard below was dedicated in 1910 and burned to the ground during Kristallnacht.
Spector, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust, P. 83-84
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