Geschichte der Juden in Bremen und Umgegend
Description:... A history of Jewish life in Bremen between 1800-1945. Markreich (1881-1962), who officiated as head of the Jewish community until 1938, was interned in Sachsenhausen during the "Kristallnacht" pogrom and, when released, immigrated via Trinidad to the USA. In 1933 there were 1,350 Jews living in Bremen. Pp. 171-241 discuss the Nazi period, emphasizing the boycott against Jewish enterprises and especially against Jewish cattle-dealers, the wave of emigration, and Jewish welfare work. From 1935, relates how 112 pupils received Jewish religious instruction, and describes the hachsharah program in preparation for emigration to Palestine, which had 15 participants. Traces the "Kristallnacht" pogrom, and the emigration of 46 Jews in the same year. In November 1941, 426 Jews were deported from Bremen to Minsk; in July 1942 the inhabitants of the old-age home and the rest of the community, ca. 200 Jews, were deported to Theresienstadt. Pp. 234-237 present a list of 114 deportees who died in Theresienstadt or were sent from there to Auschwitz.
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