The Frankfurt municipality has approved plans to build a Jewish museum which will contain documents on the history of Jews in Germany and other German-speaking countries. It is expected to be completed within 2-3 years.
The museum will document in particular the role played by Jews in the social economic and cultural life of Frankfurt and the fate of Frankfurt Jews after Hitler took power in 1933. There will also be a permanent display of Jewish periodicals.
Some of the documents which will be part of the museum have been exhibited recently at the former Jewish school of Frankfurt. A group of former Frankfurt Jews was invited by the municipality to view the exhibit. The largest group, 34, came from the U.S. 17 from Israel, four from Brazil, three from Argentina and one each from The Netherlands and Switzerland.
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