It’s hard to find a trace of Jewish life in Liège and its area before the end of the 18th century. In 1811, only 24 Jews are registered there, and only 20 to 30 families at the end of the century. In 1914 the community, comprising Dutch and Alsatian Jews, was swollen by Russian Jews who had been taking prisoners by the Germans. Some of them settled in Liège from 1917. The international ...