Talk:History of Frankfurt

Language quality
This article suffers a little from having been translated (partially? in full?) from the German Wikipedia article. I don't have time to tidy up the text, unfortunately ... just to point out the problem :-) UrsusMaximus 10:51, 5 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that's my fault. It was translated in full from the German, but I never got around to doing a final revision for English style so it's very klunky.  &mdash; Laura Scudder &#9742; 17:33, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

did some copy editingActio (talk) 06:00, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

IG Farben building: intentionally undamaged? Source?
Hi. I was interested in this, under "Post-war period": "in the IG Farben Building, intentionally left undamaged by the Allies' wartime bombardment." I had previously had the impression that wartime bombing was in general quite imprecise, and I was surprised to read that this building survived, in an area generally quite badly hit, by design rather than luck. There are all sorts of great stories about what did and didn't happen in the bombing, so in a way I'd love this to be true, but it would be great to have a reliable source for this, at which point I'd be much happier about it being in the article. Can you help please? Thanks, DBaK (talk) 20:34, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

I served as an Army General Staff captain and lived in IG Farben apartments in the IG Farben area during the occupaton years. The statement above that the buildng was "in an area generally quite badly hit" is not accurate from my personal observation. I wonder upon what the writer above bases that conclusion.CoppBob (talk) 03:41, 21 September 2009 (UTC)


 * It is not a conclusion but I got the idea from the article IG Farben Building which states "During World War II, the surrounding neighbourhood was devastated, but the building itself was left largely intact". If this is wrong then obviously you will want to correct it, with appropriate references. I hope with your local knowledge you might have a view on my actual question? That would be great, thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 07:13, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Belongs to France???
Someone put in a bizarre statement:
 * Frankfurt used to be part of Germany but has in the late 19th century the French bought Frankfurt. It is still commonly thought to be in Germany even though it belongs to France.

I've taken the liberty of removing it. 140.147.236.194 (talk) 20:13, 21 May 2010 (UTC)Stephen Kosciesza

Maybe there should be a separate page for "Jewish History of Frankfurt"? It seems like the last half is more about Jews being persecuted yet prevailing than about the city itself. I understand Jews have an important role in the cities history and would expect to see statements to that affect "Rothschilds" etc. . .. Most of the history of Frankfurt is about Jews in Frankfurt and does not even link to other Wikipedia articles describing events.

The Fettmilch Rising - Wikipedia. An example is no link to this, but just a statement that people were indebted to Jews and lashed out. The tension was caused by the demand of the guilds for greater participation in urban and fiscal policies. The guilds wanted a reduction in grain prices as well as some anti-Jewish regulations, such as a limitation in the number of Jews and a 50% reduction in the interest rate that Jewish moneylenders could charge (24%). Beside the guilds, merchants and independent craftsmen supported Fettmilch in the hope of annulling their debts by restricting the number of moneylenders.

I assume the word "annulling" was used rather than "having the chance to get out of debt". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.139.67.69 (talk) 3/Jun/11

Synagogues
What happened to the synagogues during the Nazi era in Frankfurt? Were they burnt down on Kristallnacht? And have they been rebuilt?? 81.132.121.98 (talk) 11:50, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Anne Frank
I have added an image of Anne Frank since her parents came from Frankfurt, and her gravestone is shown in the same section. 86.155.210.225 (talk) 16:44, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I have removed it for failing WP:NFCC. Do not re-add it. Werieth (talk) 17:26, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Timeline of Frankfurt
What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content. Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 13:36, 19 May 2015 (UTC)