The Prussian Emancipation Edict of 1812, which gave Jews equal rights, did not prevent selective acts of anti-Semitism, but it definitely strengthened the Jewish community. Jews began to use the possibility to fully participate in social life, and in the…
Incredibly majestic New Synagogue was built for liberal Jews in 1872.
Today the Old Jewish Cemetery is an extraordinary monument.
The aim of the Jewish Museum was to present the achievements of Silesian Jews.
Art collectors One of the many aspects that confirmed the prosperity period of Wroclaw Jews in the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was their interest in supporting culture. Collecting works of art was popular among the…
This is one of the numerous examples of the full assimilation of Jews in Wroclaw.
Jewish hospital The first Jewish hospital in Wroclaw was a facility built in 1744, located in the heart of the Jewish district, at the present Włodkowica 25. As it was a rather small establishment serving mainly as a nursing home…
In 1944 the Nazis annihilated one of the largest German Jewish communities.