Bunzlau, Germany

BUNZLAU (Polish Boleslawiec) Lower Silesia, Germany, today Poland. Jews were present by 1370 at the latest, occupying a Street of the Jews numbering 31 houses and 360 residents. The Jews were expelled a number of times and after 1454 did not reappear for hundreds of years. A few Court Jews were present in the 18th century, but only in 1812 was a community reestablished. The Jewish population rose from 21 in 1822 to 99 in 1849 and 194 in 1880. The community maintained a cemetery (opened in 1817) and a synagogue (1878). The Jewish population began to drop in the early 20th century and in 1925 stood at 103. On Kristallnacht (9-10 November 1938), the synagogue was burned and many Jewish stores were destroyed. In 1939, 64 Jews remained and in November 1942 just one intennarried Jew. There is no additional information as to the fate of the community under the Nazis. Presumably those Jews who did not leave in time were deported and perished.