Berlin, Germany

Berlin is the capital of Germany, it was home to 160,000 Jews. The city made up 32% of the countries Jewish population. Because so many Jews lived in Berlin at the time it became the center point of Jewish life and culture. In 1933, Jewish stores and businesses were boycotted and many Jewish employees were fired. During Kristallnacht thousands of Jews were killed and many were arrested and put in concentration camps. Between 1941 and 1943 thousands of Jews were deported to ghettos and extermination camps and all Jewish organizations and offices were disbanded. More than 60,000 Jews were deported from Berlin. Berlin's Jewish population dropped to 80,000 between 1933 and 1939.