This volume now presents the history of the Jews in Germany as part of our textbook series: Michael Toch, The Jews in the Medieval Empire, 1998. X, 188 pages, paperback, Encyclopedia of German History, Volume 44; Shulamit Volkov, The Jews in Germany 1780-1918, 2000. VIII, 166 pages, 2nd edition, paperback, Encyclopedia of German History, Volume 16; Moshe Zimmermann, The German Jews 1914-1945, 1997. 167 pages, paperback, Encyclopedia of German History, Volume 43. The theme of this history and culture of the Jews in the Holy Roman Empire during the early modern period, from the Reformation to the beginning of emancipation, encompasses not only intra-Jewish life but also the diverse relationships of Jewish communities and key representatives of Jewry with the Christian environment. In the first section, both in the Enzy.