page_title: History of the Jews in Freiburg im Breisgau
section_title: Modern times
hierarchical_section_title: History of the Jews in Freiburg im Breisgau / Modern times
caption_attribution_description: Das Denkmal für die nach Gurs deportierten Juden an der Freiburger Wiwilibrücke, von Birgit Stauch: Der vergessene Mantel, 2003
context_page_description: The History of the Jews in Freiburg dates back to the Late Middle Ages when, at the site of today's Wasserstraße and Weberstraße, there was reference to a ghetto. In 1328, a synagogue was located at 6 Weberstraße.
context_section_description: On 7 September 1945, a Jewish worship service took place in Freiburg for the first time in five years. For this purpose, the city provided a room at the Historical Merchants' Hall. The Israeli Rural Community of South Baden founded in Freiburg at the end of 1945, had its headquarters located on Hansjakobstraße 8.
  On 11 November 1947, the city made former city councillor Robert Grumbach deputy for all Jews in Freiburg an honorary citizen. 
  On 1 December 1948, the city and state carried out a settlement with the Jewish community, according to which the city would remain the owner of the former synagogue site. In return, the city undertook a restoration of the Jewish cemetery, the walled-in cemetery and the building of a guard house with a cemetery hall.
  In 1953, the Jewish community supported by the French military rabbis set up a prayer room on Holbeinstraße 25. The number of Jews living in Freiburg in 1968 was 225. On 16 June 1985, the foundations were laid for a new synagogue, which was opened on 5 November 1985. It was built near the minster on land which the city had provided free of charge. The city paid over one million Deutschmarks for the construction costs, the state provided a further 3.5 million out of the 7 million Deutschmarks required. 
  At present, the Orthodox Israeli community in Freiburg has about 750 active members. Alongside this, the egalitarian Jewish Chawurah Gescher community is also active in Freiburg.
caption: Monument to the murdered Jews at the Wiwilí bridge
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