four or five Jewish families were recorded in Tyrol. The Tyrolean Rebellion of 1809 started anti-Jewish acts, where no more Jews were allowed to settle in Tyrol. In the 1840s, Jews from Hohenems established factories in Innsbruck and Jews were granted equal rights after the Constitution in Austria in 1867, causing Jews from all over Austria to resettle in Innsbruck. In 1869, a population of 27 Jews were recorded in Innsbruck (0.4% of the total population). Orthodox Jews did not reside in Innsbruck due to reform synagogues and obstacles placed on the Jews. In 1890, the Jews of Innsbruck belonged to a community and the Rabbinate of Hohenems. World War I In 1914, Rabbi Josef Link moved from Hohenems to Innsbruck where there was already a small community. He served as the first rabbi for the Jewish community of Innsbruck until 1932. On the eve of World War I, there was a population of nearly 500 Jews in Innsbruck. WWI brought national socialists to Innsbruck, which brought anti-Semitism. In the 1930s, the young Innsbruck Jewish community gained strong Zionist views. During the interwar period, the Innsbruck Jews tried to raise funds to build a synagogue in Silgasse 15, but failed due to the economic depression. World War II and the Holocaust At the beginning of 1938, there was approximately 250-280 Jewish people in the Tyrol and Voralberg area. Dr Elimelech Rimalt was the Rabbi of Innsbruck until 1938, during the Nazi Party rise of power. Jewish people in Innsbruck faced exclusion from schools, business licences were withdrawn, rent contracts cancelled and stores and businesses were “aryanised” by the Nazis. Jews in Innsbruck prepared for emigration when the community was ordered to disband, and the rabbinate was dissolved. It is estimated that half of the Jewish community in Innsbruck were able to leave, many emigrating to Mandatory Palestine and thus escaping persecution. The Jewish community of Innsbruck faced violence lead by the Nazis during the pogrom on November 9–10, 1938. This event is known as Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass). Only older community members and some children remained in Innsbruck during the pogrom, as many young adults had already fled. During the night, Jewish owned homes were raided and destroyed, the synagogue and cemetery were desecrated, 18 members were attacked or arrested, and four leaders of the Innsbruck community were murdered. Although there were a small number of Jewish people