The arrested men are forced to walk in a procession from the police headquarters, through the whole town, and on to the synagogue. After the men have been publicly humiliated, the SS sets fire to the synagogue in the afternoon. The fire brigade does not intervene, even though the fire station is less than 200 metres away from the scene.
Baden-Baden is a spa town in the south-west of Germany. In 1937 the town has 385 Jewish residents. On 10 November 1938 the SS and police arrest Jewish men, most of whom are the elderly head of a family. Those arrested are led through the town to the synagogue, where they are humiliated.
Towards evening 52 men “fit for imprisonment” are transported to the train station, from where they are taken to Dachau concentration camp. One of the men dies there. The others are allowed to return home to their families after several weeks. Many subsequently leave Germany. Those who remain are deported to France in October 1940. They are put into internment camps and later deported to Auschwitz concentration camp, where they are murdered.