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Photographer: Andrew Ruppenstein
Taken: July 18, 2012
Caption: The Decline of ... Marker - timeline showing the decline in the numbers of Jews
Additional Description: The timeline begins on January 30, 1933, with the installation of Adolf Hitler (Machtergreifung) as Chancellor, when Gerolzhofen contained 134 Jews (out of a population of perhaps 2,000 or more). With the onset of the Nuremberg Race Laws (Nuernberger Rassengesetze) on September 15, 1935, the Jewish population was down to 109. At the time of the "Aryanization" and expropriation of Jewish businesses (Ariesierung, Enteignung), their number had decreased to 89. By the time of Pogromnacht (or Kristallnacht, the "Night of Broken Glass") on November 9-10, 1938, 57 Jews remained in Gerolzhofen. On September 19, 1942, the city's 4 remaining Jews were deported to Theresienstadt (a concentration camp, now located in the Czech Republic). [Click on picture to enlarge.]
Submitted: August 30, 2012, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p217773
File Size: 0.697 Megabytes

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