Abstract

This “black list” of resort towns, hotels, and guesthouses in Germany and Austria that were hostile to Jews was published in the Central-Verein-Zeitung, a weekly newspaper published by the Central-Verein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens [Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish faith]. Founded in 1893, the organization mainly represented assimilated, middle-class Jews in Germany and advocated for their legal and social equality. Its newspaper closely observed the rise of antisemitism in Germany and regularly published lists like this one to warn its readership of businesses and communities that would not welcome them. Many of Germany’s popular resort towns on the coast and in the mountains and many spa towns openly discouraged Jewish vacationers from visiting, as the list shows. Scholars have coined the term “resort antisemitism” for this discriminatory business practice.

List of Resort Towns Hostile to Jews (May 1924)

Source

Resort towns hostile to Jews.
Bansin (advertisement of the resort administration: “Christian guests only”).
Borkum.
Dangast.
Ditzenbach (Württemberg)
Einöd near Friesach in Upper Styria.
Finsterbergen. (The tourist office sends out brochures marked “For Christian families only”.
Haßfurt. (Lower Franconia).
Heiligenhafen.
Juist.
Königsfeld in the Black Forest. (Brochure: “As a rule, Israelites do not come to the resort.”)
Langeoog.
Markt Oberndorf (Landshuter Zeitung, May 1 issue: The municipal committee announces that Jewish guests are not welcome.)
Masserberg in Thuringia.
Murnau (Bavaria).
Spiekeroog.
Understmatt, Black Forest. (The health spa sends out testimonials with the note: “Not valid for Jewish recipients.”)
Vitte on the Baltic Sea, according to its brochure, "free of Jews."
Volderbad near Hall.
Wald in Oberpinzgau. (Israelites excluded.)
Zinnowitz.

Hotels and guest houses that are hostile to Jews or declared distinctly “Christian establishments” where Jewish visitors are not welcome.
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Source: Central-Verein-Zeitung, May 15, 1924, p. 290. UB Frankfurt
https://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/cm/periodical/pageview/2280387

Recommended Citation

List of Resort Towns Hostile to Jews (May 1924), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/weimar-germany-1918-1933/ghdi:image-5332> [March 16, 2026].