In 1925 , Jews composed 10.4 % of Birstein 's population . A majority of these were forced to emigrate in the first years of the National Socialist regime , and the Jewish community was officially dissolved in 1937 . Although Birstein did not take part in the violence of Kristallnacht , the cemetery was vandalized . At least 26 Jews who were born and/or lived in Birstein died in concentration camps
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