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The Central Council of Jews in Germany, founded in 1950, is the federation representing German Jews. The 2005 opening explained that its early community was “made up of Polish-born Jewish Holocaust survivors who had come to Germany as displaced persons, fleeing from the anti-semitic communist regime of Poland.” The opening today gives founding and membership figures without this history, though the word survives twice in the body. A reader today learns how many Jews live in Germany but not that many of the council’s founding community fled an antisemitic communist regime in Poland.

The word “antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2005. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 2. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

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Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.

What was taken out

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  • The organization’s description was reworded with added detail on its founding and headquarters.
  • The detail about its original base in the Rheinland was reworded as the opening’s account of its headquarters changed.
  • The description of financial and moral support was reworded rather than removed.
  • The history of Polish-born Holocaust survivors fleeing ‘the anti-semitic communist regime of Poland,’ dropped from the opening; the word survives twice in the body.

How it opened then, and now

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2005 (revision 16439902):

The Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland (“Central Council of Jews in Germany”) is a federation of German Jews organizing many Jewish organisations in Germany. It was founded on July 19 , 1950 as a response to the increasing isolation of German Jews by the international Jewish community and increasing interest in Jewish affairs by the (West) German government. Originally based in the Rheinland ( Düsseldorf and Bonn ), it currently has its seat in Berlin . The Jewish community in Germany has around 100,000 registered members. From its early years, the organization has received strong financial and moral support from the government. In its early years, its leadership was composed of native Germ…

2025 (revision 1274904149):

Federation of German Jews Logo of the “Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland” The Leo-Baeck-Haus in Berlin: Headquarters of the Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland President Josef Schuster at the opening of the New Synagogue [ de ] , Magdeburg The Central Council of Jews in Germany (German: Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland ) is a federation of German Jews . It was founded on 19 July 1950, as a response to the increasing isolation of German Jews by the international Jewish community and increasing interest in Jewish affairs by the (West) German government . Originally based in the Rhenish areas ( Düsseldorf and Bonn ), it transferred its seat to Berlin after the Reunification of Germany (199…

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