In the summer of 1933 the Jewish community in Gera counted 378 men, women and children. On October 28th, 1938 at 3:00 in the morning the forced eviction of the so called "East Jewish" was started. From all districts of Gera families were picked up and gathered in the "Ostvorstädtische" Gymnasium. Towards the evening the people who were forced to deport were sent to Poland by train. In the early morning of November 9th, 1938 SA-Troopers stormed Jewish facilities and burned down many cult objects as well as furniture and equipment. In addition SA and SS-members as well as NSDAP-members searched all apartments where Jews were living. All Jewish men age 16 and up were arrested. Some were sent to the investigative custody institution Amthordurchgang and other to a special camp in Gera-Leumnitz. Many of them were carried off to concentration camps. Until 1938 the "Aryanisation" of the still existing Jewish businesses followed. The city council began with the establishment of "Jewish Houses" before the beginning of the war. In 1942 only 64 Jewish people who had to carry the "Jewish Star" lived in Gera. After the war ended only six women and two children returned back to Gera.