The unedited full-text of the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia
S. Sommerfeld,
Rabbi in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany.
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CHEMNITZ –
Town in Saxony, with a Jewish population of 1,150. Jews first settled there in the latter half of the nineteenth century. In 1874 they organized a congregation, although on feast-days religious services had been held since 1871....