[1][2][3] The Jewish community of the Loire and Haute-Loire was created in 1868 by Alsatian Jews, who were jointed by others after the Franco-Prussian War.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Jews from Russia and Poland moved to Saint-Étienne.
[5] Approximately twenty-five[5] to one hundred Jewish families lived in Saint-Étienne at the beginning of the Second World War.
They were joined by a number of refugee families from Alsace–Lorraine and Germany, for a total of around 500 people.
[5] A portion of this population (71 people[6]) were arrested during a roundup on August 26, 1942, and brought to Lyon, then Drancy, before being deported to numerous extermination camps.