Hop Merchants and White Doves — Rediscovering Jewish History in the Beer Capital of Bamberg, Germany
After researching historic beer recipes, they decided upon a Weizen.As they dug into the history of Weisse Taube, Klemenz says, they learned how the old brewpub was connected to the Jewish community in Bamberg, and read of its dark history during the Holocaust. After contacting the Willy Aron Society, they arranged to donate 10 euros (about $11) for every hectoliter of beer sold to help finance stolpersteine. They also decided the label would feature a six-pointed star: both a common Jewish symbol in the form of the Star of David and a widely used beer-making symbol known as the Brauerstern, or Brewer’s Star.“The horror of the holocaust is an obligation for all generations to remember the victims and create awareness,” says Klemenz.