The Frankfurt Judengasse
Gebundenes Buch

The Frankfurt Judengasse

Jewish Life in an Early Modern German City

Herausgeber: Backhaus, Fritz; Schlã?â?ã?â?ã?â?ã?â1/4ter, Margarete; Liberles, Robert; Engel, Gisela
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Frankfurt was one of the most important centers of Jewish life in central Europe. In 1462, the Frankfurt City Council ordered the resettlement of the Jews in an especially constructed street, surrounded by walls and located at the very edge of the city. The three gates were closed at night, on Sundays, and during Christian holidays. The Frankfurt Judengasse was the first legally constructed space of a ghetto in the Holy Roman Empire, and one of the first in Europe. The economic, demographic, cultural, and religious significance of this community in the Early Modern era has been a neglected are...