As a result of the Reich Progrom Night on 9 November 1938, the National Socialists destroyed the synagogue and almost completely wiped out Bamberg’s Jewish community. Today there is a memorial on the site of the synagogue that commemorates the horrific deed.

One of the few surviving remains of the Bamberg Synagogue is the commemorative plaque of the Jewish community for those who died during the First World War. It bears the names of those Bamberg Jews who, as German soldiers, fought side by side with Christians on the battlefield. Today it is located in the Tahara Hall at the Jewish cemetery.

On the opposite wall, the names of all Bamberg Jews who fell victim to the deeds of the National Socialists are written. The interior of the Tahara Hall in Bamberg thus impressively illustrates how quickly a closed relationship developed into bare hatred and what dramatic consequences this had for the citizens. Unfortunately, the Tahara Hall is not open to the public.

18. April 2018

Synagogue Square

As a result of the Reich Progrom Night on 9 November 1938, the National Socialists destroyed the synagogue and almost completely wiped out Bamberg’s Jewish community. […]
18. April 2018

Former department store of the Tietz family

The new branch was completed in 1910 by the architect Johannes Kronfuß in the neo-baroque style and with its sculptural elements it artfully takes up the […]
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Heiliggrabkloster (Holy Sepulchre Monastery)

Its foundation can be traced back to the institution by the citizen Franz Münzmeister in 1352. The completion of the convent finally took place in 1356. […]
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Domherrenhöfe

Each of these curia has its own courtyard, as well as a chapel, after whose patron saint the whole courtyard was named. Most of the preserved […]
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Congregatio Jesu

The order could really gain a foothold with the construction of its institute house in 1717. The church was completed almost twenty years later, in 1737. […]
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Luitpold School

Exceptional are the portraits of Prince Rupprecht and Princess Marie Gabriele, who married in 1900 and thus became the last Bavarian Crown Couple, as well as […]
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Main Cemetery

Apparently the rise of the groundwater had caused the coffins to stand in the water and the deceased did not rot properly as a result. Due […]
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Wilhelm Square

The Justice Building (Wilhelmsplatz 1), for example, was completed in 1909 by Max Höfl. Even today, this iconic Renaissance-style square building houses the Higher Regional Court. […]
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Lange Straße

An example of this is the 1717 baroque “Haus zum Saal”, with its striking red stepped gable. Better known by the Bambergers as the Wallenstein House, […]
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