695058 The Frankfurt Judengasse, c.1860-70 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: All Jews in Frankfurt am Main had to live on the "Judengasse", a narrow street sealed off from the rest of the town. Most people living there were known by the name of the house, the most famous example being the Rothschild family, identified by the red shield that marked their home. The Frankfurter Judengasse was a Jewish Ghetto in Frankfurt, one of the earliest and largest in Germany. It existed from 1462 until 1796.).