Göppingen and the nearby village of Jebenhausen were home to a thriving Jewish community from 1777 until the Second World War . In 1777 , the Baron von Liebenstein issued a " Letter of Protection " granting Elias Gutmann and other Jews permission to settle in Jebenhausen . The community grew and peaked in the mid-1800s , with the population center shifting from Jebenhausen to Göppingen and a substantial emigration of Jewish families to America by the late 19th Century . The Göppingen synagogue , constructed in 1881 , was destroyed during the Kristallnacht from 9 – 10 November 1938 . Detailed records of the communities were collected by Rabbi Dr. Aron Tänzer , who served the community from 1907-1937 , and who was also a driving force behind the establishment of the secular city library in Göppingen . A comprehensive Jewish community history , '' Die Geschichte der Juden in Jebenhausen und Göppingen '' , was first produced by Tänzer in 1927 , on the 150th anniversary of the settlement of Jebenhausen , and re-released in 1988 by the city of Göppingen with updated material added by Karl-Heinz Ruess . The Jewish Museum in Jebenhausen , opened in 1992 , documents and preserves the history of the Jewish community of Jebenhausen and Göppingen
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