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Pinkas ha-kehilot Germanyah : entsiklopedyah shel ha-yishuvim ha-Yehudim
le-min hivasdam ve-'ad le-ahar Sho'at Milhemet ha-'olam ha-sheniyah: Bavaria
Edited by Baruch Z. Ophir in collaboration with Chasia Turtel-Aberzhanska and Shlomo Schmiedt
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Published in Jerusalem 1972
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Editor: Baruch Z. Ophir in collaboration with Chasia Turtel-Aberzhanska and Shlomo Schmiedt
YAD VASHEM
The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority
Jerusalem 1972
| Title | Page No. |
| Foreward: Jacob Robinson | 1 |
| Preface: Baruch Zvi Ophir | 3 |
| Guide to Spelling and Transliteration | 6 |
| Bavarian Jewry (Introduction) Baruch Zvi Ophir | 7 |
| Documents from the Secret State Archives in Munich | 84 |
| List of Sources Cited in the Introduction | 88 |
| Jewish Communities in Bavaria, 1933 | 101 |
| List of communities* | |
| Acholshausen | 435 |
| Adelsberg | 380 |
| Adelsdorf | 197 |
| Aidhausen | 400 |
| Allersheim | 404 |
| Altenkunstadt | 200 |
| Altenmuhr | 288 |
| Altenschönbach | 401 |
| Altenstadt | |
| Alzenau | 402 |
| Amberg | 153 |
| Ansbach | 268 |
| Arnstein | 407 |
| Aschaffenburg | 408 |
| Aschbach | 203 |
| Aub | 382 |
| Aufsess | 199 |
| Augsburg | 583 |
| Autenhausen | 199 |
| Bad Kissingen | 419 |
| Bad Neustadt a d Saale | 415 |
| Bad Windsheim | |
| Bad Wörishofen | 623 |
| Baiersdorf | 280 |
| Bamberg | 205 |
| Bastheim | 425 |
| Bayreuth | 223 |
| Bechhofen | 283 |
| Behringersdorf | 333 |
| Berolzheim | |
| Bibergau | 451 |
| Binswangen | 610 |
| Bonnland | 426 |
| Brückenau | 431 |
| Bütthard | 431 |
| Burghaslach | 279 |
| Burgkunstadt | 221 |
| Burgpreppach | 427 |
| Burgsinn | 426 |
| Buttenheim | 220 |
| Buttenwiesen | 608 |
| Cham | 175 |
| Coburg | 248 |
| Cronheim | 356 |
| Deggendorf | 144 |
| Demmelsdorf | 228 |
| Dettelbach | 450 |
| Diespeck | 319 |
| Dillingen a d Donau | 611 |
| Dinkelsbühl | 294 |
| Dittlofsroda | 452 |
| Dornheim | 293 |
| Ebelsbach | 379 |
| Ebern | 380 |
| Egenhausen | 259 |
| Eibelstadt | 399 |
| Eichenhausen | 418 |
| Eichstätt, Bay | 263 |
| Ellingen, Bay | 267 |
| Erbendorf | 157 |
| Erlangen | 276 |
| Erlbach | |
| Ermershausen | 405 |
| Ermetzhofen | 278 |
| Ermreuth | 202 |
| Eschau | 407 |
| Estenfeld | 405 |
| Euerbach | 391 |
| Fechenbach | 534 |
| Fellheim | 624 |
| Feuchtwangen | 339 |
| Fischach | 633 |
| Floss | 168 |
| Forch(h)eim | 243 |
| Forth | 340 |
| Frankenwinheim | 537 |
| Freising | 134 |
| Fürth, Bay | 342 |
| Furth i Wald | 177 |
| Gaukönigshofen | 433 |
| Geldersheim | 531 |
| Gemünden | 441 |
| Georgensgmünd | 287 |
| Geroda | 442 |
| Geroldshausen | 445 |
| Gerolzhofen | 445 |
| Giebelstadt | 439 |
| Gnodstadt | 442 |
| Gochsheim | 436 |
| Goldbach | 437 |
| Gossmansdorf a Main | 438 |
| Großheubach | |
| Großlangheim | 449 |
| Großostheim | 448 |
| Gunzenhausen | 288 |
| Hagenbach | 230 |
| Hainsfarth | 615 |
| Hammelburg | 452 |
| Harburg, Schwaben | 612 |
| Haßfurt | 455 |
| Heidenheim | 297 |
| Heidingsfeld | 461 |
| Heiligenstadt | 236 |
| Heßdorf | 467 |
| Hirschaid | 236 |
| Hochstadt a Main | 222 |
| Höchberg | 464 |
| Höchheim | 466 |
| Hörstein | 468 |
| Hösbach | 438 |
| Hof, Saale | 232 |
| Hofheim, Unterfr | 458 |
| Homburg a Main | 457 |
| Hürben | |
| Hüttenbach | 295 |
| Hüttenheim i Bay | 459 |
| Ichenhausen | 598 |
| Illereichen-Altenstadt | 605 |
| Ingolstadt, Donau | 103 |
| Karbach | 542 |
| Karlstadt, Main | 543 |
| Kempten, Allgäu | 636 |
| Kissingen | |
| Kitzingen | 545 |
| Kleinbardorf | 552 |
| Kleineibstadt | 551 |
| Kleinheubach | 554 |
| Kleinlangheim | 556 |
| Kleinsteinach | 557 |
| Kleinwallstadt | 555 |
| Klingenberg a Main | 559 |
| Königshofen i Grabfeld | 559 |
| Kötzting | 177 |
| Kriegshaber, Schw | 639 |
| Kronach | 253 |
| Krumbach, Schwaben | 637 |
| Kulmbach | 252 |
| Landshut | 144 |
| Laudenbach | 503 |
| Lehrberg | 274 |
| Lendershausen | 459 |
| Leutershausen | 313 |
| Lichtenfels, Bay | 239 |
| Limbach | 507 |
| Lindau, Bodensee | 619 |
| Lisberg | 241 |
| Lohr a Main | 506 |
| Lülsfeld | 539 |
| Mainbernheim | 516 |
| Mainstockheim | 518 |
| Markt Berolzheim | 314 |
| Marktbreit | 510 |
| Markt Erlbach | 303 |
| Marktheidenfeld | 515 |
| Marktredwitz | 235 |
| Marktsteft | 514 |
| Marold(s)weisach | 509 |
| Maßbach | 507 |
| Mellrichstadt | 522 |
| Memmelsdorf, Unterfr | 524 |
| Memmingen | 620 |
| Miltenberg | 520 |
| Mindelheim | 623 |
| Merzbach | |
| Mittelsinn | 515 |
| Mittelstreu | 524 |
| Mitterteich | 174 |
| Mönchsdeggingen | 316 |
| Mönchsroth | 316 |
| Mühlhausen | 241 |
| Münchberg | 235 |
| München | 105 |
| Nabburg | 154 |
| Nenzenheim | 336 |
| Neumarkt, Oberpfalz | 166 |
| Neunburg vorm Wald | 176 |
| Neustadt a d Aisch | 317 |
| Neustadt a d Saale | |
| Neustädtles | 527 |
| Neu-Ulm | 604 |
| Niederwerrn | 529 |
| Nördlingen | 629 |
| Nordheim v d Rhön | 528 |
| Nürnberg | 320 |
| Obbach | 384 |
| Oberaltertheim | 385 |
| Oberelsbach | 386 |
| Oberkotzau | 234 |
| Oberlauringen | 389 |
| Obernbreit | 513 |
| Oberriedenberg | |
| Oberthulba | 388 |
| Oberwaldbehrungen | 387 |
| Oberweilersbach | 198 |
| Oettingen i Bay | 595 |
| Österberg | 595 |
| Ottensoos | 259 |
| Pappenheim, Mittelfr | 337 |
| Passau | 146 |
| Pfaffenhausen | 537 |
| Plattling | 148 |
| Platz, Unterfr | 443 |
| Poppenlauer | 531 |
| Pretzfeld | 245 |
| Prichsenstadt | 539 |
| Reckendorf | 568 |
| Regensburg | 178 |
| Reichenberg | 564 |
| Reichmannsdorf, Oberfr | 255 |
| Reistenhausen | 565 |
| Rieneck | 567 |
| Rimpar | 565 |
| Roding | 177 |
| Rödelsee | 562 |
| Rosenheim | 134 |
| Roth b Nürnberg | 357 |
| Rothenburg ob der Tauber | 359 |
| Rückersdorf | 334 |
| Scheinfeld | 370 |
| Scheßlitz | 230 |
| Schnaittach | 371 |
| Schöllkrippen | 579 |
| Schondra | 444 |
| Schonungen | 576 |
| Schopfloch | 368 |
| Schwabach | 362 |
| Schwandorf i Bay | 153 |
| Schwanfeld | 569 |
| Schweinfurt | 572 |
| Schweinheim | 570 |
| Schweinshaupten | 571 |
| Selb | 234 |
| Seubelsdorf | 241 |
| Sommerau | 408 |
| Sommerhausen | 499 |
| Steinach a d Saale | 577 |
| Steinhart | 370 |
| Straubing | 141 |
| Sugenheim | 307 |
| Sulzbach-Rosenberg | 158 |
| Sulzbürg | 163 |
| Sulzdorf a d Lederhecke | 498 |
| Tauberrettersheim | 500 |
| Teunz | 173 |
| Thalmässing, Mittelfr | 308 |
| Theilheim | 501 |
| Thüngen | 502 |
| Tirschenreuth | 173 |
| Trabelsdorf | 238 |
| Trappstadt | 561 |
| Treuchtlingen | 310 |
| Uehlfeld | 264 |
| Uffenheim | 261 |
| Ullstadt | 308 |
| Unsleben | 396 |
| Unteraltertheim | 393 |
| Untereisenheim | 392 |
| Untererthal | 394 |
| Untermerzbach | 526 |
| Unterriedenberg | 395 |
| Urspringen | 398 |
| Veitshöchheim | 533 |
| Vilseck | 162 |
| Vilshofen | 147 |
| Völkersleier | 535 |
| Waidhaus | 172 |
| Waldsassen | 172 |
| Wallerstein | 616 |
| Walsdorf | 238 |
| Wasserlos | 403 |
| Wassertrüdingen | 298 |
| Weiden, Oberpf | 156 |
| Weimarschmieden | 472 |
| Westheim b Bad Kissingen | 494 |
| Westheim b Haßfurt | 496 |
| Wiesenbronn | 470 |
| Wiesenfeld | 471 |
| Wilhermsdorf | 301 |
| Willmars | 472 |
| Windsbach | 303 |
| Windsheim | 305 |
| Wittelshofen | 300 |
| Wörishofen | |
| Wörth a Main | 498 |
| Würzburg | 474 |
| Zeckendorf | 246 |
| Zeckern | |
| Zeilitzheim | 541 |
| Zeitlofs | 540 |
| Zirndorf | 354 |
| Maps (with lists of Communities) | |
| Bavaria | before p. 101 |
| Upper and Lower Bavaria | before p. 101 |
| Upper and Lower Bavaria | before p. 139 |
| Upper Palatinate | before p. 151 |
| Upper Franconia | before p. 195 |
| Middle Franconia | before p. 257 |
| Lower Franconia | before p. 377 |
| Swabia | |
| General List of Sources | 641 |
| Sources of Photographs | 658 |
| Index of Authors | 660 |
| General Index | 663 |
| Selected List of Terms, Organizations, and Institutions cited in the Pinkas | X' |
| Bavarian Jewry: A Summary of the introduction in English | |
| The Weimar Period--Omen of the Future | IX |
| The Rise of the Nazis and the Struggle for Power | XI |
| The Demographic Situation of Bavarian Jewry after the Nazi Rise to Power | XIV |
| Organized and anti-Jewish Activities | XIV |
| The Economic Boycott Tightens | XVI |
| Differences of Opinion on anti-Jewish Policies | XVII |
| The Nuremberg Laws | XX |
| The Use of Terror | XXIII |
| Blood Libel | XXV |
| The Plot to destroy the Synagogues | XXVI |
| The November 1938 Disturbances | XXVII |
| Expropriation of Jewish Property | XXVIII |
| Emigration of Jews from Bavaria | XXIX |
| Nazi Action against Jewish Organizations; Acts of Violence and Terror | XXIX |
| Renewed Organizational and Cultural Activity | XXXII |
| Increased Zionist Activity | XXXV |
| The Activity of the Union of Jewish Communities | XXXVI |
| “The National Union” | XXXVIII |
| “Ghettoization” | XXXIX |
| Deportations | XXXIX |
| Population Changes--Bavarian Jewry (1/9/1942-1/7/1944) | XL |
| *Further information on the towns | |
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