Until the late 19th century , no Jews were documented within Aalen . In 1886 there were four Jews were living in Aalen , a number that rose to ten in 1900 , fell to seven in 1905 , and remained so until 1925 . Upon the Nazis ' rise to power in 1933 , seven Jews , including two children , lived in Aalen . During the Kristallnacht in 1938 , the vitrines of the three Jewish shops in the town were smashed and their proprietors imprisoned for several weeks . After their release , most Aalen Jews emigrated . The last Jews of Aalen , Fanny Kahn , was forcibly resettled to Oberdorf am Ipf , which had a large Jewish community . Today , a street of Aalen is named after her . The Jew Max Pfeffer returned from Brussels to Aalen in 1948 to continue his shop , but emigrated to Italy in 1967
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