Würzburg, in northern Bavaria, had a large Jewish population that dated back to the eleventh century. In January 1933, when the Nazis came to power, 2,145 Jews lived in the city. Over the course of six years, the regime targeted the city’s Jewish community. During the November 1938 pogroms, the SA destroyed ancient religious documents like the synagogue’s Torah scrolls. The local Jewish school was raided, and its students were physically abused. By 1939, the Nazi regime forced the city’s main rabbi to leave Germany, and in 1941 all those deemed to be Jews, according to the Nuremberg Laws of 1935, were required to wear a yellow star on their clothing. The first deportation of Jews from Würzburg occurred on November 27, 1941. 202 Jews from the city were deported to a camp in Riga, Latvia; only fifteen survived the war. The deportation depicted here took place on April 25, 1942 and was the third major forced removal of Jews from the city. The photo was taken by the Würzburg police, who can be seen aiding in the deportation. Seventy-eight Jews from the city were among a transport of 852 Jews from the region to Sobibor death camp in Poland. As the image shows, Jews were marched through the streets in daylight to the nearby departure point where they were searched for foreign currency and valuables such as jewelry. According to Gestapo records, a total of 12,885 RM (Reichsmark) was confiscated from the group of deportees that day.