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Map of Germany

• To view present-day Germany at Google Maps, click here.
• For a Jewish population density map of Europe in 1900, click here.

JewishGen.org

• Find others, possibly cousins, searching for your family name in the same countries, cities, and villages. Search by clicking JewishGen Family Finder. Free registration required.

History of the Jews in Germany

• Read the Wikipedia.org article History of the Jews in Germany by clicking here.
• Explore: The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe.

German Jewish Records

• To learn more about Jewish records in Germany, click here.

The JewishGen Germany Database

More than 400,000 records for Germany, from a variety of sources, including: citizenship records, vital records, cemetery data, survivor lists, and Holocaust sources. Requires free registration. To search, click here.

Facebook Research Community

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