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The Case of the Missing Tombstones
Together with a German friend my wife and I are just completing a book documenting the features and history of an old Jewish cemetery in rural Bavarian Swabia (see the picture above). During our work we becam increasingly aware of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bavarian Swabia, Gatermann Films, Hürben, Jewish cemetery, Krumbach
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Bavarian Jews in the “Old Immigration”
American historians use several different nomenclatures to designate various immigration waves to the United States. The immigration during the period between 1820 and 1880 is often called “Old Immigration” [1]. Prominent among this wave were Jewish immigrants from Bavaria [2]. … Continue reading
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Tagged Altenstadt, Bavarian Swabia, Emigration, Jewish Genealogy, Modern History
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