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FRANCE · 48.6°N 7.8°E · CITY

Strasbourg (Alsace)

StrassburgFree Imperial City · to 1681France · 1681-1871Germany · 1871-1918France · 1918-1940

Alsace's Jewish capital - site of the 1349 Black Death massacre (over 1,000 Jews burned), rebuilt after 1791 emancipation; the memory of Alsatian Yiddish ("Jidisch-Daitsch") rural culture endures.

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Strasbourg (Alsace)

France · City · 48.6°N 7.8°E

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Where is Strasbourg (Alsace)?

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THE COMMUNITY TIMELINE · EVERY NODE DATED

What happened to the Jewish community of Strasbourg (Alsace)?

1200–1349

Medieval community; 1349 massacre (~1,000+ killed, Black Death accusation)

1791–1939

Modern community rebuilt post-1791

This section addresses destruction and loss. It is one chapter, not the whole story — continue to what survives and what was created after
1940–1944

German annexation and Shoah

1945–present

Postwar regional center

Today

Today

Mid-size regional center; Alsatian Yiddish survives in memory.

LANGUAGES & COMMUNITY

What did Strasbourg (Alsace) sound like?

Yiddish (ייִדיש)Hebrew (עברית, Ivrit)

Yiddish (ייִדיש) is a language with its own grammar, literature, and history — not “broken” anything, and not a dialect of Hebrew.

AFTER · IN FULL COLOR

What survives today?

In Strasbourg (Alsace)

Mid-size regional center; Alsatian Yiddish survives in memory.

  • Synagogue de la Paix

    synagogue · public landmark

  • Alsatian village synagogues (e.g. Pfaffenhoffen)

    synagogues · historic site

SOURCES & REVIEW

  • Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed. (place entry)

    Macmillan Reference USA · 2007

  • France - Virtual Jewish History Tour

    Jewish Virtual Library · open source

Reviewed 2026-07-30

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