In 1861 the Bavarian parliament introduced general freedom of movement for Jews in Bavaria . This made it possible for Jews to settle in Erlangen . Many Jewish families from the surrounding communities moved to Erlangen because of better prospects , at the same time the communities in Bruck , Baiersdorf and Büchenbach shrank , with Büchenbach 's community being dissolved as early as 1874 . In 1867 , the new Erlangen congregation already had 67 members , who became an independent religious congregation on 15 March 1873 . The community in Bruck was merged into it . In 1891 the community inaugurated its own cemetery . On the other hand , the Rabbinate of Baiersdorf was dissolved in 1894 , and after 1900 no Jews lived in Bruck . The Erlangen community , on the other hand , included prominent personalities such as the physician and honorary citizen Jakob Herz and the mathematician Emmy Noether . A monument to the former was erected on 5 May 1875 and destroyed on 15 September 1933 . Since 1983 , a stele has commemorated this process with an inscription : '' Wir denken an Jakob Herz , dem Bürger dieser Stadt ein Denkmal setzten und zerstörten . '' ( We think of Jakob Herz , the citizen of this town , for who the citizens of this town erected a monument and destroyed it . ) During the National Socialist dictatorship , the number of Erlangen Jews initially fell from 120 to 44 by 1938 . During the Kristallnacht , the Erlangen prayer hall was destroyed and the synagogue in Baiersdorf demolished . On 20 October 1943 , the last Jewish inhabitant of Erlangen was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp . 77 members of the Jewish community of Erlangen were murdered by the Nazis
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