Dr. Jacob Jacobson was born in Schrimm (now Śrem, Poland) on November 27, 1888.
Jacobson was a historian and archivist, as well as director of the Gesamtarchiv der
deutschen Juden from 1920 to 1939. In 1938 he published Jüdische Trauungen in Berlin, 1723-1759. As archivist and historian, he
solicited Jewish communities throughout Germany for records, and often retained the
most records from smaller Jewish communities in Germany, which made up a significant
part of this collection. In May 1943 he was deported to Theresienstadt and after
liberation immigrated to Great Britain in 1945. After liberation, Jacobson published
two major works, Die Judenbürgerbücher der Stadt Berlin,
1209-1851 (1962) and Jüdische Trauungen in
Berlin, 1759-1813 (1968). Jacobson died in Bad Neuenahr on May 31,
1968.
The Jacob Jacobson collection mostly is comprised of records of several Jewish
communities assembled by Jacobson himself while working at the Gesamtarchiv der
deutschen Juden in Berlin. A huge portion of this collection was taken out of
Germany by his wife and child when they immigrated to England in 1939.
Series I contains records of the Jewish community of Berlin from the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries, including census lists, vital registers, cemetery lists and
tombstone inscriptions, rabbinical court decisions, among them the divorce case of
Simon Veit and his wife, the future Dorothea Schlegel; fliers, budgets, by-laws, and
elections to the community executive committee.
Series II includes records of the Jewish communities of Hamburg, Altona, and Wandsbek
from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including the minute book of the
burial society of the Sephardic Congregation Neve Salom, Altona, and record books
(Pinkassim), vital registers, tax-lists, proclamations, letters of protection,
financial reports, by-laws, ordinances, private documents, and correspondence of the
German-Askenazic communities of Hamburg, Altona, and Wandsbek; photos of
gravestones; minutes of the Löb Mindensche Brautstiftung, Altona-Hamburg, as well as
records of other communal organizations.
Records of Jewish communities in Central Europe can be found in Series III, including
memorial books, correspondence, minutes, financial records, censuses, vital
registers, mohel books, and cemetery lists from multiple different Jewish
communities in Germany and Prussia; transcriptions of documents, 1797-1806, dealing
with the administration of territories annexed by Prussia in the partitioning of
Poland, and particularly with the Jewish question.
Records of Jewish organizations from the eighteenth through the twentieth century can
be found in several series. Included are the minute book of the Gesellschaft der
Freunde, Berlin; the correspondence of the Kassel branch of the Kartell-Convent
jüdischer Verbindungen; by-laws, membership lists, or minutes of the tailors' mutual
benefit society in Gnesen; the Gesellschaft jüdischer Handwerker, Berlin; the
charitable society in Mattenbuden; and the burial societies in Rendsburg and
Dyhernfurth.
Letters to Rabbi Leopold Löw, editor of Ben Chananja, and to Rabbi Löw Schwab from
individuals are contained in Series V, these individuals include Adolphe Crémieux,
Samson Raphael Hirsch, Isaak Marcus Jost, and Ludwig Philippson.
Series VI contains papers of Jacobson's grandfather Marcus Hirsch (1833-1907), chief
rabbi in Prague and Hamburg, including correspondence with rabbis and Jewish
communities in Altenhofen, Prague, Vienna, and towns in Hungary, and papers of
Jacobson's father, Moses Jacobson (1853-c.1930), rabbi in Schrimm, Gnesen, and
Hamburg, including a eulogy for Eduard Lasker and a speech on the 125th anniversary
of the Bruederverein Gnesen.
Poetry, correspondence, notes, personal papers, clippings and other material from
various individuals and communities conclude the collection, including memo by Max
Bodenheimer about a meeting of Theodor Herzl with Kaiser Wilhelm II; papers of the
bookdealer Julius Harrwitz; genealogical correspondence of Moritz Stern, librarian
of the Jewish community of Berlin; eighteenth-century talmudic novellae written by
members of the Fliess family; poetry of George Davidsohn, editor and parliamentary
deputy for the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD); and a manuscript and
notes by Selma Stern-Täubler.
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more
information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15
West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog.
Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should
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28 wax seals with samples, belonging to Isaac Bernays and probably others, have been removed to the LBI Art and Objects Collection.
Collection is available on 37 reels of microfilm (MF 447), listed below. In
addition, some material is available on MF 134.
Collection is available on 16 reels of microfilm (MF 1614), listed below. In
addition, some material is available on MF 134.
Identification of item, date (if known); Jacob Jacobson Collection; AR 7002; box
number; folder number; Leo Baeck Institute.
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the
collection.
Follow the links to access the digitized materials.
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| This series is in German,
Hebrew, and Yiddish. |
Arrangement:Arranged by subject. |
Scope and Content:The series contains records of the Jewish community in Berlin from the
eighteenth to nineteenth centuries. Some of the records within the
collection include census lists, governmental decrees pertaining to the
Jewish community, by-laws within the Jewish community, tax lists, financial
records, elections, grave inscriptions, and vital statistics. Also included
in this series are rabbinical court decisions, including divorces, most
notably the divorce case Simon Veit vs. Dorothea Schlegel. |
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| This subseries is in German and Hebrew. |
Scope and Content:The subseries contains record books of societies within the Jewish
community in Berlin, most notably the original minute book of Gesellschaft der Freunde. |
| 6 | I91 | Minute book of Gesellschaft der Freunde, original,
German | 1792-1793 |
| 4 | I39 | Pinkas (record book) of the Chevra Kadisha (burial society)
of Berlin, photocopy, Hebrew | 1675-1827 |
| 6 | I74 | Old Berlin Kuntress (memorial book)--copy of the Hebrew
manuscript and German notes | 1771, 1796 |
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| This subseries is in German. |
Scope and Content:The subseries contains governmental documents pertaining to the Jewish
community in Berlin, including a letter of protection to the Jewish
community in Berlin by the King of Prussia and petitions to the King of
Prussia pertaining to Jewish rights. |
| 6 | I87 | Renewal of Geleitbrief (letter of protection) for the Jews of
Berlin on the succession of King Friedrich Wilhelm to the throne of
Prussia in 1714, includes lists of Berlin Jews, regulations, etc.
(original copy) | 1714 |
| 6 | I77 | Geheimes Staatsarchiv Berlin-Dahlem Prov. Brandenburg Rep.
2.2 Städte Registratur Berlin (typed copy) | 1794-1809 |
| 6 | I93 | Two petitions concerning Jewish rights by Salomon Gumpers and
Meyer Reiss to the King of Prussia (copies from the records of
Geheimes Staatsarchiv Berlin Rep. 2) | 1734, 1738 |
| 6 | I95 | Orders by the Kurmärkischer Kriegs- und Domänenkammer Berlin
about circumcision, also some later expert opinions | 1790-1800 |
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| This subseries is in German and Hebrew. |
Scope and Content:This subseries contains the Berolina Judaica
(a set of by-laws and budgets by the Jewish community in Berlin), lists
of Jewish community leaders, lists of Schutzjuden (protected Jews), naturalized members of the
Jewish community, manuscripts, and name registers. |
| 5 | I52 | Berolina Judaica (by-laws of the Jewish community, budgets,
etc. ; the appendix contains an index), original, German | 1826-1906 |
| 5 | I64 | Photocopies of printed lists of officials and executives of
the Jewish community of Berlin and microfilm | 1865-190? |
| 2 | I11 | Name register of the Berlin Jewish community, photocopy,
Hebrew and German | circa 1750-1799 |
| 3 | I36 | Berlin lists of protected Jews (Schutzjuden) "Designation der
sämtlichen 120 Juden-Familien so nach der von seiner königl.
Majestät ... befohlenen Reduction v. 16. Juni 1737 in Berlin bleiben
und mit denen dazugehörigen Bedienten geduldet werden sollen,"
photocopy | 1737 June 16 |
| 3 | I37 | Quartierliste der Berliner Judenschaft, "Specification derer
Juden und womit sie sich ernähren," photocopy, German | 1744 |
| 6 | I73 | Various lists and manuscripts (includes the Berlin list of
1750, "Tabelle bei der hiesigen Judenschaft Berlin befindlichen
publique Bedienten," a list of communal employees, 1744, typed copy;
manuscript about "Akten der Herrschaft Hueth"; manuscript
"Reisetabellen," 1812; Buergerbrief, etc. (8 items) | circa 1750-1812 |
| 5 | I60 | List of Berlin Schutzjuden families, handwritten with typed
transcription | 1750 April |
| 6 | I82 | List of Berlin Schutzjuden families, typed copy | 1750 April, with addendum from 1811 |
| 4 | I48 | List of Schutzjuden, Berlin and Potsdam, photocopy of Geh.
Staatsarchiv, Berlin-Dahlem (Rep 104, IVc 236 b) | 1801 |
| 4 | I49 | Berlin Jewry, register of names, marriages and deaths,
original, Hebrew and German | 1751-1813 |
| 6 | I80 | Designation of naturalized members of the Jewish community of
Berlin | 1800-1801 |
| 3 | I38 | List of Berlin Schutzjuden and their families,
photocopy | 1807 |
| 5 | I53 | List of Jewish families living in Berlin by legal permission
on (typed, based on material in Geheim. Staatsarchiv, Berlin-Dahlem,
Prov. Brandenburg, Rep. 46B, Berlin No. 1) | 1812 March 24 |
| 5 | I51 | Alphabetical list of family names, original,
German | 1812 |
| 5 | I58 | Verzeichnis derjenigen jüdischen Glaubensgenossen, welche
schon vor dem Edikt vom Jahre 1812 mit den gewöhnlichen Vornamen der
Christlichen Taube belegt und in den Familien-Tabellen des
Polizei-Presidii zu Berlin eingetragen sind (list of Jews who had
taken family names and Christian first names before 1812)-notarized
copy, handwritten, German | 1812 |
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| This subseries is in Hebrew and Yiddish. |
Scope and Content:This subseries contains tax lists of the Jewish community in Berlin in
the eighteenth century. |
| 2 | I13 | Tax list Berlin, photocopy, Hebrew | 1749 |
| 2 | I14 | Tax list Berlin, photocopy | 1749 |
| 6 | I98 | Berlin tax list, Hebrew with German notes | 1804-1805 |
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| This subseries is in German, Hebrew, and Yiddish. |
Scope and Content:This subseries contains ledgers and pay orders of the Jewish community in
Berlin in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. |
| 2 | I15 | Kassabuch (ledger book), donations, expenses, etc., Berlin,
Hebrew, photocopy | 1804 |
| 6 | I99 | Ordre-Buch (pay orders) of the treasurer of the Jewish
community of Berlin, original, Yiddish | 1789-1794 |
| 6 | I100 | Ordre-Buch (pay orders) of Joseph Zwi, treaurer of the Jewish
community of Berlin, original, Yiddish and German in Hebrew
script | 1803-1809 |
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| This subseries is in German and Hebrew. |
Arrangement:This series is arranged in the following manner: A) Births B) Circumcisions C) Marriages D) Deaths E) Combined Statistics F) Cemetery Registers and List of Gravestone Inscriptions |
Scope and Content:This subseries contains mostly vital statistics, including birth
registers, circumcisions, marriages, combined statistics, and deaths.
Birth registers include the full name of the child, birthdays the
parents’ names, and their home address. Marriage registers include the
ages of the bridge and groom, the parents’ names, and the place and date
of marriage. Death records include time and date of death, age at time
of death, and maiden names for women. Other lists included in this
subseries are cemetery registers and lists of gravestone inscriptions,
most notably the inscription of Moses Mendelssohn’s tombstone. There are
also tombstone registers taken down by Leiser Landshuth in this
subseries. |
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| 4 | I50 | Birth Register(Altes Familien Register, Berlin), with
photograph original | 1778-1811 |
| 1 | I7a | Birth Register Berlin, volume 1, photocopy, German and
Hebrew | 1778-1811 |
| 1 | I7b | Birth Register Berlin, volume 2, photocopy, German and
Hebrew | 1778-1811 |
| 2 | I7c | Birth Register Berlin, volume 3, photocopy, German and
Hebrew | 1778-1811 |
| 4 | I42 | Alphabetic Birth Register Berlin, A-K, photocopy made by
Reichsstelle für Sippenforschung | 1813-1840 |
| 4 | I43 | Alphabetic Birth Register Berlin, L-Z, photocopy made by
Reichsstelle für Sippenforschung | 1813-1840 |
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| 1 | I1 | Alphabetical index (by first name) of circumcision
register, volume 1, photocopy, Hebrew. | labeled 5546-5586 (1786-1826), actually covers
1715-1840 |
| 1 | I2 | Alphabetical index (by first name) of circumcision
register, volume 2, photocopy, Hebrew | labeled 5546-5586 (1786-1826), actually covers
1715-1840 |
| 1 | I3 | Circumcision register, photocopy, Hebrew | 1787-1838 |
| 1 | I4 | Circumcision register, photocopy, continuation of I3,
Hebrew | 1820-1838 |
| OS 11 | I76 | Alphabetical index to circumcision register of Berlin,
Hebrew | 1714-1840 |
| OS 11 | I75 | Circumcision register, Berlin | 1787-1838 |
| 5 | I55 | Mohelbuch (circumcision register) Berlin, typed copy with
2786 entries (#2190-2293 are missing), German | 1715-1805 |
| 6 | I96 | Mohelbuch of Joel Samel Bendix, Berlin, (photocopy from
the Staatsbibliothek, Berlin), Hebrew | 1733-1782 |
|
| 2 | I12 | Excerpt from the manuscript "Jüdische Trauungen in
Berlin", volume 2, 1759-1813 (List of marriages) by Jacob
Jacobson, typed, German, Hebrew; letter fromGeheimes staats
Archiv, 1957 | 1798, 1957 |
| 2 | I9 | Marriage register, Berlin, photocopy | 1813-1829 |
| 2 | I10 | List of marriages, Berlin, photocopy | 1830-1837 |
| 5 | I63 | Marriage register, Berlin, photocopy, German | 1837-1847 |
| 4 | I46 | Marriage register, Berlin, photocopy by Reichsstelle für
Sippenforschung, German | 1847-1851 |
| 4 | I47 | Marriage register, Berlin, photocopy by Reichsstelle für
Sippenforschung, German | 1852-1855 |
| 4 | I40 | "Trauscheinliste" (list of marriage certificates),
Berlin, 1723; "Acta betr. das Judenwesen in Berlin", 1740-1747,
photocopy; "Specification der Schutzjuden, Kinder" ...
1724-1736, Berlin, photocopy | 1723-1747 |
| I41 | Trauscheinverzeichnis (register of marriage
certificates), photocopy, German | 1800-1806 |
|
| 3 | I34 | N.T.S. Death list, Berlin, photocopy, Hebrew | 1751-1813 |
| 2 | I18 | Death list, Berlin, photocopy, Hebrew | 1751-1801 |
| 1 | I5 | Death list, photocopy (p. 1 missing from the original),
German | 1818-1829 |
| 1 | I6 | Death list, photocopy, German | 1830-1837 |
| 4 | I44 | Death register, Berlin, photocopy by Reichsstelle für
Sippenforschung, German | 1847-1855 |
|
| 3 | I33 | "Von den bey der Judenschaft zu Berlin vorgefallenen
Veränderungen", Monthly tables (births, marriages, persons who
moved away), photocopy, German | 1743 January-1752 December |
| 4 | I45 | "Dissidenten- und Judenregister" (Death register of dissidents and
Jews), Berlin, Volumes I and II, German | 1841-1847 |
|
| 2 | I17 | Inscriptions and dates of death, taken from gravestones
at the Schönhauser Allee cemetery, Berlin, photocopy, Hebrew and
German | circa 1800-1899 |
| 2-3 | I20-32 | Inscriptions: old Jewish cemetery of Berlin | |
| | | Photocopied from the 13 volume set by L. Landshuth of
inscriptions from gravestones in the old Jewish cemetery of
Berlin, Grosse Hamburgerstrasse 26, with annotations by
Landshuth. Mainly Hebrew | |
| | | Inscriptions 1-550 | |
| | | Inscriptions 551-645 | |
| | | Inscriptions 646-707 (649 is the inscription of Moses
Mendelssohn's tombstone) | |
| | | Inscriptions 708-902b | |
| | | Inscriptions 1386-1509 | |
| | | Inscriptions 1510-1690 | |
| | | Inscriptions 1691-1841a | |
| | | Inscriptions 1842-2001 | |
| | | Inscriptions 2002-2153 | |
| | | Inscriptions 2154-2318 | |
| | | Inscriptions 2319-2421 | |
| | | Inscriptions 2422-2580 | |
| | | Inscriptions 2581-2767 | |
| 3 | I35 | Alphabetic list of all those buried in the Jewish
cemetery of Berlin, photocopy | 1671- |
| | | Hebrew and German | |
| 5 | I56 | Alphabetical (by first Hebrew name) register of all those
buried in the old Jewish cemetery of Berlin | 1671-1827 |
| 5 | I66-70 | Landshuth, copies of gravestone inscriptions
1-2760 | |
| | | Hebrew 5 volumes | |
| | | Inscriptions 1-392 | |
| | | Inscriptions 393-707 | |
| | | Inscriptions 708-1361 | |
| | | Inscriptions 1362-1999 | |
| | | Inscriptions 2000-2760 | |
| 5 | I71 | Landshuth, tombstone inscriptions, copies by Rabbi
Freudenthal of Nuremberg of numbers 1-391 of Vol. 1. | |
| 6 | I84 | Landshuth tombstone register, Berlin, alphabetical,
Hebrew by first name, volume 1 aleph-he, photocopy | |
| 6 | I85 | Landshuth tombstone register, Berlin, alphabetical,
Hebrew by first name, volume 2 vav-mem, photocopy | |
| 6 | I86 | Landshuth tombstone register, Berlin, alphabetical,
Hebrew by first name, volume 3 nun-tet, photocopy | |
| 6 | I94 | List of notables buried in the Weissensee
cemetery | circa
1930s |
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| This subseries is in German, Hebrew, and Yiddish. |
Scope and Content:This subseries contains divorce court records, including the case of
Simon Veit vs. Dorothea Schlegel, letters of citizenship, business
documents, marriage contracts and bans, the estate of Dr. Richard
Jutrosinski, engagement contracts, tombstone inscriptions, and a
Gemeindeblatt, containing advertisements and articles pertaining to the
Jewish community. Another document in this subseries is a letter by the
Christian community, requesting the Jewish cemetery to be moved. |
| 5 | I57 | "Status causae et controversae i Sachen der israeliten in
Berlin, die deutsche Synagoge betreffend. Frei und unparteiisch von
einem alten Israeliten", manuscript, 1812, 85 pages; also, "Hazkarot
N'shamot, Totenfeier, ein Gesang", 4 printed pages; also draft of a
letter signed Altenstein; all originals in German | circa 1812 |
| 6 | I78 | Records of the Jewish court of Berlin concerning the divorce
case of Simon Veit vs. Brendel the daughter of Moses Mendelssohn
(i.e. Dorothea Schlegel), photocopy, Hebrew | 1799 |
| I81 | Various business papers (extensions of notes, bankruptcy,
decisions in probate cases, etc.), Berlin, original, handwritten,
Hebrew and German | 1786-1800 |
| 5 | I59 | Marriage bans and marriage contracts from Berlin, Potsdam,
Coethen, (several originals) | 1810-1850 |
| 5 | I65 | Bürgerprotokollen of the Staatsarchiv Berlin, (photocopies),
German | 1717-1744, 1843 |
| 6 | I79 | Collection of Bürgerbriefe (letters of citizenship), Berlin
and neighboring localities, photo reproductions | 1830-1909 |
| 6 | I92 | Various petitions by Dr. Heinemann for citizenship in
Berlin | 1815-1826 |
| 6 | I101 | Summary of executive staff of an endowment, Berlin, German;
printed flier (Aufruf) by the community of Lissa, asking aid after a
fire, with certification by the community of Berlin,
Hebrew | 1791 (flier), 1867-1891 (summary) |
| 6 | I102 | Photographs of documents about Jews in Berlin (marriage
contracts, certificates of citizenship, and others) | 1799-1813 |
| 6 | I88 | Subscription list, mainly Berlin, for the Mendelssohn Bible
translation, photocopy, Hebrew | |
| 6 | I97 | Testament of Moses Isaac, Berlin, typed copy,
German | 1774 |
| 5 | I61 | Landshuth 1) list of divorced Jew who where legal residents
of Berlin, typed, German; 2)list of translated tombstones, some with
family history, typed, German | circa 1813-1847 |
| 5 | I72 | Berlin, Gemeindeblatt; contains an article by Dr. M. Tuerk on
the 100th anniversary of the birth of Moritz Jutrosinski | 1925 October |
| 6 | I90 | Estate of Dr. Richard Jutrosinski, Berlin, about Moritz
Jutrosinski of Breslau, manuscripts, 6 items | 1859-1889 |
| 6 | I89 | Four items: 1) Engagement contract, Berlin, 1816?, original,
German; 2) tombstone inscritptions, photocopies, handwritten,
Hebrew; 3) Prussian government orders concerning Jews, 1812, typed
copies; 4) excerpt from the Schochner community chronicle about acts
of brutality by the local lord, Yiddish, 18th century. | circa 1700-1816 |
| 6 | I94 | Engagement contract (photocopy) and document about orphans,
Hebrew | |
| 14 | VIII37 | Notes and typescripts from Staatsarchiv Berlin about school
administration | 1818-1933 |
| 14 | VIII44 | Letter from a Berlin Christian to the government requesting
that the Jewish cemetery at Grosse Hamburgerstrasse be moved,
Berlin, handwritten copy | 1799 |
| | | German | |
| |
| This series is in German, Hebrew,Yiddish, Spanish, and Portuguese. |
Arrangement:Arranged by subject. |
Scope and Content:This series focuses on the Jewish records of the cities of Altona, Hamburg,
and Wandsbek from 18th through the 20th centuries. |
|
| This subseries is in Spanish, Portuguese, and Hebrew. |
Scope and Content:This subseries contains documents from Congregation Neve Salom, the
Sephardic congregation in Altona. An original prayer book and minutes of
the Chevra Kadisha Hesed Vehemet (burial society) of the congregation is
included in this subseries. |
| 7 | II40 | Selichot book (penitential prayers) of Congregation Neve
Salom, Altona, Hebrew in Latin letters (with Spanish phonetics), a
few instructions in Spanish, original | |
| 7 | II41 | Minute book of the Chevra Kadisha Hesed Vehemet of
Congregation Neve Salom of Altona, handwritten,
Portuguese | 1774-1797 |
|
| This subseries is in German, Hebrew, and Yiddish. |
Arrangement:Arranged in the following manner: A) Record and Minute Books B) By-Laws and Regulations C) Finances and Tax Lists D) Miscellaneous Communal Documents |
Scope and Content:This subseries contains documents from the Ashkenazi communities in
Altona, Hamburg, and Wandsbek in the 17th through the 20th centuries.
Multiple documents show that the Jewish communities of Altona, Hamburg,
and Wandsbek were united, including an appeal for help from the Jewish
communities of Meseritz and Salzungen. Some documentation includes
record books, by-laws, financial records, meeting minutes of various
Jewish groups (including the Loeb Mindensche Brautstiftung), dealings
between Jewish communities of Altona and Hamburg, property transfers,
and documents concerning Jews and German law. |
|
Scope and Content:This subsubseries contains minute notes concerning the Loeb Mindensche
Brautstiftung, marriage and engagement documents, and the record book of
the three united communities of Altona, Hamburg, and Wandsbek. |
| 6 | II9 | Pinkas (record book) of the three united communities
Altona-Hamburg-Wandsbek, photocopy, Hebrew | 1800 |
| 7 | II16 | Excerpts from the minutes of the Jewish court, Altona,
original, German and Hebrew | 1812-1822 |
| 7 | II30 | "Protokoll für die Zusammenkünfte der Vorsteher .. welche
vermöge des gemeinschaftlichen Beschlusses vom 30. Kislev 5571
(1811) das provisorische Kahal Altona in Hamburg ausmachen", (copies
in Hebrew of marriage and engagement documents), Hamburg,
photocopy | 1811 |
| 7 | II42 | Minute book of the Loeb Mindensche Brautstiftung (bridal
foundation) with names of engaged couples, Altona-Hamburg, Yiddish
and German | 1819-1914 |
|
Scope and Content:This subsubseries contains mostly by-laws of the Jewish communities of
Altona and Hamburg, including regulations for the care of orphans, the
girl’s school, and other Jewish institutions in the Schleswig-Holstein
region. A letter about T.A. Jacques is also included in this
subsubseries. |
| 6 | II4 | By-laws of the community of Altona, printed 1743, Hebrew;
Takanot (by-laws) of Hamburg, 1809, handwritten, Hebrew | 1743, 1809 |
| 6 | II7 | By-laws of the society for the care of orphans (Taklanot
Chevra Jeotmim), photocopy of printed book, Hebrew | 1766 |
| 6 | II2 | By-laws and reports about various institutions and societies
in Hamburg, including Hebrew documents about synagogue seats in
Altona, appeals for aid, letter about family tree of T.A. Jacques,
Hannover | |
| 7 | II43 | By-laws of Isrealitische Tochterschule (Jewish girls'
school), Hebrew | circa 1904 |
| 7 | II45 | Statutes of the Verband der jüdischen Gemeinden
Schleswig-Holstein und die Hansastädte (Association of Jewish
communities in Schleswig-Holstein and the Hamburg area),
printed | 1929 |
|
Scope and Content:This subsubseries contains the minutes of the finance committee of German
Jewish community in Altona and tax and financial reports. |
| 7 | II20 | Minutes of the Kommission für die Haupt- und Kassenverwaltung
der Hochdeutschen Isr. Gemeinde Altona (Finance committee of German
Jewish community of Altona), original, handwritten | 1881 |
| 7 | II46 | Tax book of the Jewish community of Hamburg and Altona,
Hebrew and Yiddish | 1726-1808 |
| 7 | II47a | Financial reports of the Hamburg Jewish community, printed,
21 pages | 1848-1860 |
|
Scope and Content:The subsubseries contains various records of the Jewish community in
Hamburg (Deutsch Israelistische Gemeinde), documents concerning cemetery
developments, a correspondence between a widow and the leaders of the
Ashkenazi community about her widow’s pension, an appeal from other
Jewish communities to the Altona-Hamburg-Wandsbek community after fires,
papers dissolving the union between the Jewish communities, tax
regulations, and real-estate holdings. Documents between the Jewish
community and the government, including a Schutzbrief from the King of
Sweden and an original petition to the King of Denmark about burials
from 1666 are also included. |
| 6 | II14 | Records of the Jewish community of Hamburg, about minutes of
meetings, petitions to the authorities and answers, originals,
German and some Hebrew | 1825-1835 |
| 6 | II1 | Memorandum about the Grindelfriedhof (cemetery), Hamburg,
typed | 1919 |
| 6 | II3 | Agreement between the Senate of the city of Hamburg and the
heads of the Jewish community, 1882, typed; and regulation
concerning foundation for grave plots, Hamburg, German, handwritten;
conditions for hiriing the Chief Rabbi of the Ashkenazic community
(Oberrabbiner), Hamburg, 1851 | 1882, 1851 |
| 6 | II6 | Ashkenazic community of Hamburg: document of executive board
to the city government about cemeteries, original,
German | 1873 December 8 |
| 6 | II10 | Petition and opinion by the Ashkenazic community concerning
changes in burial customs, Hamburg, original, German | 1888-1908 |
| 6 | II13 | Various laws and by-laws concerning the Jewish communities of
Hamburg and Altona, including festival journals and memorial
speeches for Gabriel Riesser | 18th-20th centuries |
| 7 | II18 | Circular by several community members about the unreliability
of the entries in the communal birth, death and marriage records
since 1847 (religious controversy), Hamburg, printed with
handwritten signatures | 1880 |
| 7 | II19 | Correspondence between Jenny Lewandowsky, widow, and the
executive board of the Ashkenazic community of Hamburg about a
widow's pension, handwritten originals | 1890 |
| 7 | II22 | Records concerning preparations for the separation of the
communities of Altona and Hamburg, elections of Chief Rabbi and
other papers, on permissions for occupations, original, handwritten,
German | 1766-1807 |
| 7 | II25 | "Literatur zur Geschichte der Hamburger and Altonaer
Judentums", photocopy, German; and Memorbuch, photocopy,
Hebrew | 1900-1937 |
| 7 | II26 | Various appeals to the community of Altona-Hamburg-Wandsbek
from the communities of Meseritz and Salzungen after fires, 1787,
1888, photocopies; changes in the Hamburg cemetery, 1899, original,
German, and varia; by-laws of the Feuerungsverein, Altona,
1864 | 1787-1899 |
| 7 | II31 | Appeal by the administrative committee of the Jewish
community of Hamburg for increased donations, printed, German, in
German and Hebrew script | 1813 |
| 7 | II51 | Communal papers in German, and German in Hebrew script,
inclunding a citizen's oath | circa 1836 |
| 6 | II11 | 2) Copies of regulations for the dissolution of the union
between the Jewish communities in Hamburg and in Altona, 1812 April
21; and a copy of a law about leaving a state recognized religious
community, 1888 December 12, copy from Hamburg Gesetz
Sammlung | 1812 April 21, 1812 December 12 |
| 7 | II28 | Paper concerning preparation for putting under a different
name (Umschreibung) the real-estate holdings of the Jewish
communities of Hamburg, Altona, and Wandsbek, 1821; Regulations
concerning tax on Jewish weddings to support the Jewish Hospital in
Hamburg, 1782, photocopy; statement about the position of women in
marriage from two community members, 1716, photocopy; document
concerning help after fires, community of Hammelburg 1854, sent to
community of Hamburg, printed at Einbeck 1826; death register,
individual pages various Hebrew years, photocopy; Hebrew tax list
and varia | circa 1716-854 |
| 6 | II8 | Proclamation by the city council of Hamburg concerning
peddling, 17 July 1815, photocopy; proclamations by the city council
of Hamburg about steps taken against rioters, 26 and 30 August 1819,
photocopy; Schutzbrief from the King of Sweden for Hirsch Meyer,
Wannfried, 1733 | 1733-1819 |
| 6 | II12 | List of documents concerning laws and rights of the Jews of
Hamburg | 1647-1861 |
| | | German | |
| 7 | II17 | Petition of the Jews of Hamburg to the King of Denmark about
burials, original, German; varia | 1666 |
| 7 | II21 | Announcement of the collection for charity to be made on the
day of thanksgiving (Grosses Dankfest) on 18 October 1830, printed,
Hamburg, German; and decrees (Ministerialerlasse) about Jewish
religious instruction, 1875, German; and varia | 1830, 1875 |
| 7 | II23 | Receipt for the annual recognition (tax), Altona, German,
original | 1798 |
| 7 | II24 | Laws about supervision over charitzble endowments (Milde
Stiftungen) | 1870 |
| | | German | |
|
| This subseries is in German and Hebrew. |
Scope and Content:This subseries contains two sub groups containing birth and circumcision
registers, death registers, and various papers from the Altona, Hamburg,
and Wandsbek communities. |
|
| 7 | II36 | Birth register (Hamburg?), Hebrew and German, 222 double
pages, photocopy, bound | 1777-1811 |
| 7 | II37 | Circumcision register Hamburg-Altona, photocopy, 3 large
folios | 1790-1811 |
| 7 | II49 | Mohelbuch, handwritten original | 1827-1871 |
| | | Hebrew and German | |
| 7 | II48 | Mohelbuch, copy of II49 | 1827-1871 |
| | | Hebrew and German | |
|
| II5 | Death Registers, Altona, 1816-1841, photocopy; and Ottensen,
1824-1849, photocopy | |
| 7 | II29 | Death register, Wandsbek, photocopy, Hebrew and
German | ?-1884 |
|
| This subseries is in German and Hebrew. |
Scope and Content:Some general papers include gravestone inscriptions, photographs of
gravestones, religious writings, the papers of Isaac Bernays, police
passports and citizenship papers including a permission notice letting a
soldier wear his commemorative medal of the war of 1813-14 and an
original internal passport issued by the Third Reich to a Jewish man,
teaching certificates, brochures and newsletters issued by the Jewish
community, poems, and a memorial booklet. |
| 7 | II52 | Inventory list of archival material about Jews in Hamburg,
photocopy | 1957 |
| 6 | II12 | Gravestone inscriptions and photographs, Stiftung
(foundation) by Jehoshua Jokel ben Meir Hausen, and varia, Yiddish,
photocopies | undated, circa 1837 |
| 5 | II15 | Last will and testament of Salomon Meyer with codicil,
Altona, handwritten originals with seal | 1821-1824 |
| | | Hebrew | |
| 7 | II34 | Private circular letter by Rabbi Immanuel Plato of Hamburg
about the unity of German Judaism, printed | 1914, 1922 |
| 7 | II35 | Sermon regarding the 50th anniversary of the Jewish hospital
in Hamburg, 1893, photocopy; also agreements among the communities
of Altona, Hamburg, and Wandsbek, 1821. | 1821, 1893 |
| 7 | II27 | Police passport and citizenship papers of various families
including permission for the soldier E.S. Cohn to wear a
commemorative medal of the war of 1813-14, Hamburg, 1815, original,
German; lease, E.S. Cohn, Luenebeck, 1832, original, German;
passport, issued in Huenfeld, 1858 to Feist Katz Kuhn, original;
application for a business license (Gewerbe-Anmeldeschein), Hamburg,
1877, original, and other family papers (testament, etc.), and
varia; German identity papers for internal use, Hamburg, March 1939,
original | 1813-1939 |
| 7 | II32 | Contract for employment in the evening study club (Lernverein
vor dem Abendgebet), Hamburg, 1846, original, German, signature and
seal of Isaac Bernays; letters of thanks and honors, Hamburg, 1796,
1849, 1852, Hebrew, original; certificate for teaching and lectures
by Gottlieb Moses, Hamburg, 1841, original, German, signature and
seal of Isaac Bernays; part of a testament, Hamburg, original,
Hebrew | 1796-1852 |
| 7 | II33 | Poem | 1817 |
| | | Hebrew | |
| 7 | II33 | Certificate by the head of the Hamburg community about Eduard
Julius Arndt's membership | 1829 |
| | | German | |
| 7 | II33 | Receipt for payments, Hamburg, printed, original | 1784 |
| | | German | |
| 7 | II47 | Clippings; regulations for the cemetery in Ohlsdorf, Hamburg,
1883, printed, 8 pages; brochure for the Jewish girls' orphanage
(Israelitisches Maedchen-Waisenhaus) Paulinenstift, Hamburg,
1907 | 1883, 1907 |
| 7 | II44 | Prayer for soldiers wounded or killed in war, Hamburg,
mimeograph | 1914 |
| 7 | II50 | Humorous poems for special occasions, Jewish community of
Hamburg | 1880 |
| 7 | II38 | Blätter der Erinnerung (memorial booklet) on the death of
Mrs. Martin Heckscher, Altona | 1925 |
| 14 | VIII44 | Ketubah, Hamburg | 1859 |
| | | Hebrew | |
| 14 | VIII44 | Expert opinion of Rabbi M. Hirsch about the burial, in the
Jewish cemetery of Hamburg, of an urn of ashes of a Jew who had been
cremated, typed, original | 1908 |
| | | German | |
| |
| This series is in German, Hebrew, Yiddish, and Slovak. |
Arrangement:Communities are listed in alphabetical order. Items and folders which pertain
to multiple communities or districts, or for which no relevant community can
be identified, are listed at the end of the series. |
Scope and Content:This series contains documents on other German speaking communities in the
16th through 20th centuries. Documentation includes death registers,
cemetery registers, tombstone photographs, birth registers, Mohelbuecher
(circumcision registers), tax records, marriage registers, lists of
Schutzjuden and privileged Jews, society record books, by-laws, memorial
books, religious texts, correspondences, citizenship records concerning
Jews, family records, transcriptions of documents, and government documents
concerning Jews. These records come from many different Jewish communities
in German speaking areas. This series also includes a document from 1937
from Koenigsberg concerning the Jewish question. |
| 7 | III1 | Allersheim (near Würzburg), cemetery, list of deceased, typed,
German | 1779-1903 |
| 7 | III2 | Altstrelitz, cemetery register, photocopy, German and
Hebrew | 1740-1923 |
| 7 | III3 | Arnswalde, tombstone inscriptions and documents; correspondence,
Hebrew | circa 1780-1900 |
| 7 | III4 | Aurich, Mohelbuch (circumcision register) of Joseph Cohn: typed
copy made in Theresienstadt 1945 | 1758-1801 |
| 11 | III110 | Bingen, declaration of debt, photocopy, German | before 1600 |
| 7 | III5 | Birnstein, notes from the a rchives of records concerning the
Jews of Offenbach, German | 18th century |
| 7 | III6 | Bleicherode, list of Jewish families in Aschersleben, Derenburg,
Ellrich and Bleicherode, photocopies and notes | circa 1805 |
| 7 | III7 | Breslau, budget of the Jewish community, printed,
German | 1926-1927 |
| 7 | III8 | Breslau (?), Mohelbuch of Benjamin Mordechai Oberndorf,
photocopy, Hebrew | 1771-1800 |
| 7 | III9 | Breslau, list of privileged Jews in 18th century
(Stamm-Numeranten), photocopy of articles by Rabbi Heppner in Breslauer
Jüdisches Gemeindeblatt | 18th century, 1924-1925 |
| 7 | III10 | Breslau, marriage register, handwritten, Hebrew, in Latin
letters, German translation | 1789-1818 |
| 11 | III99 | Breslau, Geiger controversy, and original documents and letters
about Silesia, German | 1836 |
| 14 | VIII44 | 7) Breslau, copy of a document by Count von Hoym to the Kriegs-
and Domänenkammer Breslau about professional training of Jews,
handwritten | 1792 |
| | | German | |
| 7 | II32 | Copenhagen, epitaph of Hirz Essin | 1830 |
| 11 | III114 | Danzig, decree by King of Prussia concerning the occupation of
the city in 1793, copy, German | 1793 |
| 7 | III11 | Detmold, Landesarchiv Detmold, copies of documents about
Jews | 1727-1875 |
| 8 | III12 | Dresden, family register, Hebrew | circa 1786-1840 |
| 5 | I55 | Dresden, table of births, marriages and deaths | 1786-1820 |
| 8 | III13 | Düsseldorf, Memorbuch, German, copy | 1714 |
| 8 | III14 | Dyhrenfurt, Chevra Kadisha (burial society), by-laws and other
records, photocopy, Hebrew and Yiddish. | 1782-1807 |
| 8 | III15 | Flatow, Mohelbuch, Hebrew and German | 1828-1874 |
| 8 | III16 | Frankfurt a. Main, births, marriages, and deaths, typed,
German | 1805-1808 |
| 8 | III17 | Frankfurt a. Main, death register, typed, German | 1805-1808 |
| 8 | III18 | Frankfurt an der Oder, vital statistics for 735 people
(Personenstandsaufnahme), photocopy, German | 1847 |
| 8 | III19 | Frankfurt an der Oder, list of Schutzjuden families (Jews with
residency permits), photocopy, German | 1776 |
| 11 | III112 | Frankfurt an der Oder, four letters from Haphtali Hirsch
Katzenellbogen of Prenzlau to leaders of the Jewish community of
Frankfurt an der Oder, Hebrew | 1802 |
| 8 | III20 | Fürth, circumcision register of Benjamin Berlin and Mordechai
Jafe, handwritten copy | 1761-1806 |
| | | German | |
| 8 | III21 | Gnesen, by-laws of the Brüderverein (society of tailors), Hebrew
and German in Hebrew script, with a German translation of the Hebrew
text | 1783-1872 |
| 8 | III22 | Gnesen, Pinkas (record book) of the Chevra Baalei Hamisakim
Ubikur Cholim (burial society and society for visiting the sick), 1858,
with list of deaths, Hebrew | 1841-1892 |
| 8 | III22a | Gnesen, by-laws of various societies and synagogue regulations,
printed | 1874-1900 |
| 11 | III117 | Gnesen, copy of a document about Hermann and Dorethea
(sic) | |
| 8 | III23 | Gnesen, list of donations for the provincial insane asylum at
Dziekanka, to 1909; "Schechita" (ritual slaughter of animals), 1899; and
tombstone inscriptions | circa 1800-1909 |
| 14 | VIII44 | Gnesen, Ketuba (marriage contract) of Alfons Marcuse | 1893 |
| | | Hebrew | |
| 8 | III24 | Goch, Jiskorbuch (memorial book), original, Hebrew | |
| 8 | III25 | Gravenhage (the Hague), circumcision registers, photocopy,
Hebrew | 1760-1790, 1810-1815 |
| 15 | VIII59 | Haigerloch or Hechingen, photos of Jewish tombstones | |
| 15 | VIII57 | Haigerloch, photos of Jewish tombstones | |
| 8 | III26 | Halberstadt, list of Schutzjuden families and documents,
photocopy, German; Halberstadt, list of families, 1803, photocopy,
German | 1731-1759, 1803 |
| 8 | III27 | Halle an der Saale, Blätterordnung (meals for wandering poor),
copy, Yiddish | |
| 8 | III28 | Halle an der Saale, list of names (circa 1700-1740), photographs,
German; petitions of Johanna Margaretha Hallerin, a baptized Jew, with
curriculum vitae, 1770 | circa 1700-1740, 1770 |
| 8 | III29 | Hannover, Memorbuch, photocopy, Hebrew | 1727-1760 |
| 8 | III31 | Hechingen, decrees about Schutzjuden, 1635-?,
photocopies | 1635-? |
| 15 | VIII58 | Hechingen, photographs of Jewish tombstones | |
| 14 | VIII44 | Hesse, original certificate and receipt for payment of fees for
granting rights of a native (Indiginatsrecht) in the Grand Duchy of
Hesse to Isaac Rothschild | 1826 |
| 8 | III33 | Hörstein (Unterfranken), Mohelbuch, Hebrew, original | 1844-1868 |
| 8 | III34 | Hürben (Bavarian Swabia), Mohelbuch, photocopy, Hebrew (German
copy of the list) | 1800-1836 |
| 8 | III35 | Jastrow, copies of documents of the city government about Jews
concerning the Eruv, "Beschnürung der Stadt von Seiten der jüdischen
Glaubensgenossen", typed, and various manuscript pages | 1810-1816 |
| 8 | III35a | Karge, receitp book of the Cantor, Hebrew and Yiddish | 1832-1834 |
| 9 | III36 | Kassel, typescripts about the history of the Jews, including
Ludwig Horwitz, "Die Geschichte der Kasseler Juden bis 1772" | |
| 9 | III37 | Königsberg, election list, contributors list, accounts
(Kassenverzeichnis), including the burial society, handwritten, German
and Hebrew | 1800-1801 |
| 11 | III97 | Königsberg, records concerning citizenship rights for Jews, typed
copy, German | 1798, 1814 |
| 9 | III38 | Koenigsberg, regulations concerning Jewish given names,
copies | 1836 |
| 9 | III39 | Königsberg, reqeusts for death certificates, birth and marriage
certificates, original | 1847 |
| 9 | III40 | Königsberg, Staatsarchiv, excerpts from the Findbuch (finding
aid) concerning the Jewish question, typescript | 1937 |
| 9 | III41 | Köslin (now Koszalin, Poland), cemetery register, photocopy,
German | 19th and 20th centuries |
| 9 | III41a | Krotoschin, death records from the burial society, photocopy,
Hebrew | 175? - 1857 |
| 15 | VIII60 | Krotoschin, Pinkas (record book), photocopy | circa 1765 - 1790 |
| 9 | III42 | Kurhessen, Mohelbuch | 1802-1841 |
| 9 | III43 | Kurhessen, list of Jews, photographs | 1648-1744 |
| 9 | III44 | Kurmark, list of Jews, taken from Amtsblatt (official district
publication), photocopy | 1812 |
| 9 | III45 | Kurmark, lists of Jews, photocopy | 1771-1801 |
| 9 | III46 | Kurmark, list of Jews (Specification der priviligierten Juden),
typed list | 1743 |
| 9 | III47 | Kurmark, inventory of Jewish matters, General
Direktorium | 1722-1806 |
| 9 | III48 | Landsberg an der Warthe, notes, documents about Jews | 1700-1799 |
| 9 | III49 | Landsberg an der Warthe, list of Jews, photocopy; photo of
gravestone | 1765 |
| 14 | VIII44 | Liebenwalde, certificate by the city government (Magistrat)
concerning the registration of Moses Lewin in the list of Jews,
photocopy | 1831 |
| | | German | |
| 9 | III50 | Lippe-Detmold, list of family names, photocopy | 1810 |
| 9 | III51 | Lippe-Detmold, notes from Lippische Sonderarchiv | 1718-1849 |
| 7 | II24 | 2) Lissa, photocopy of a naturalization certificate | 1839 |
| | | German | |
| 9 | III52 | Lubacz-Sieszewa, list of Jewish expelled merchants and dealers,
photocopy | 1806 |
| 9 | III53 | Maerkisch-Friedland, birth, marriage and death register,
photocopy | 1815-1847 |
| 11 | III98 | Maerkisch-Friedland, records about civil servants, emigrants and
advocates of religious tolerance | 1784-1787 |
| 14 | VIII44 | Marburg, list of taxpaying Jews, handwritten | 1918 October 1-1919
March 1 |
| | | German | |
| 9 | III54 | Mattenbuden (suburb of Danzig), Pinkas of the Chevrat Gemilut
Chasadim (record book of the Charity Society), Hebrew | 1812-1844 |
| 9 | III55 | Meiningen, notes from the Staatsarchiv | 1819-1820 |
| 9 | III55a | Meseritz, budgets, decrees, and other documents,
photocopies | 1805 |
| 11 | III105c | Meseritz, account of debts of the Jewish community,
photocopy | 1825 |
| 9 | III56 | Mönchengladbach, Mohelbuch of Lazarus Winter | 1873-1878 |
| 14 | VIII47 | Nackel, documents, German and Hebrew, photocopy | 1835 |
| 10 | III57 | Neumark, list of Jews, German, photocopy | 1771-1801 |
| 10 | III58 | Neumark, list of Jews with residence permits (Vergleiteten
Juden), typescript and photocopy | circa 1700-1799 |
| 10 | III59 | Neumark, list of Jewish citizens, photocopy from the Amtsblatt
Neumark; and Berlin, list of members of the Gesellschaft jüdischer
Handwerker, (society of Jewish craftsmen), original | 1813, 1859 |
| 14 | VIII45 | Neumark, lists of Jews, including Priegnitz, Kurmark, and other
localities, copies | circa 1700-1799 |
| 10 | III59a | Neumark, general residency permit (Schutzbrief) for 47 Jews in
the town of Neumark, from the records of Landsberg an der Warthe,
copy | 1722 |
| 10 | III60 | Neumark, "Specialia über die Judenschaften der Neumark",
photocopy from the archives of Landsberg an der Warthe | 1722 |
| 7 | II33 | Neustrelitz, testament of Aron Hirsch, with appendices,
original | 1835, 1838 |
| | | German and German in
Hebrew letters | |
| 11 | III107 | Nove Meste and Wahem (Waag-Neustadt), contract between Francz
Pongnacz, steward of the manor of Beczko, and Jews of Nove Meste and
Wahem, copy, Slovak | 1789 |
| 8 | III20 | Oberlangenstadt bei Küps, cemetery, photographs | circa 1930s |
| 10 | III61 | Oberseemen (Oberhessen), Mohelbuch | 1799-1850 |
| 14 | VIII32 | Offenbach, Chalitzah letter of Loeb Metz | 1823 |
| 10 | III62 | Ostrowo, typed copy of a chapter on the Jewish community in "Aus
der Vergangenheit der Stadt Ostrowo" by Mayor Rückert | 1914 |
| 10 | III63 | Pappenheim, list of documents (and copies) concerning Jews in the
Pappenheimsches Archiv | 17th and 18th centuries |
| 10 | III64 | Pomerania, list of Jewish families, photocopies | 1816 |
| 11 | III103 | Pomerania, order by King of Sweden concerning Jews, photocopy
(rescript); and typescript about the Jewish oath and other
notes | undated, 1794 |
| 14 | VIII50 | Posen, notes from M. Laubert, "Die Schuldenvertilgung der
jüdischen Korporationen in der Provinz Posen" | |
| 8 | III32 | Posen, alphabetical register to Isidor Hirschberg's "Verzeichnis
sämtlicher naturalisierter Israeliten im Grossherzogtum Posen"
(Bromberg) | 1836 |
| 14 | VIII46 | Copies from government archives (Potsdam)concerning Jewish
affairs, 1812, and general materials on Jewish affairs | 1491-1812 |
| 5 | I54 | Jewish tombstone inscriptions from Potsdam, typed
list | 1746-1836 |
| 10 | III65 | Prague, Worms and Pfalz (Palatinate), Mohelbuch | 1782-1823 |
| 10 | III66 | Prenzlau, burial register, photocopy | 1751-1841 |
| 10 | III67 | Ravensburg, register of Jewish taxes for residency rights
(Judenschutzgeldregister), photocopy | 1796-1802 |
| 10 | III68 | Reichensachsen, Pinkas (record book) of the community, photocopy,
Hebrew and German | circa 1600-193? |
| 10 | III69 | Rendsburg: by-laws of the burial society | 1795 |
| | | Hebrew | |
| 10 | III70 | Rendsburg: cornerstone laying document for the
synagogue | 1844 |
| | | German and Hebrew | |
| 10 | III71 | Rimpar (Bavaria), Mohelbuch, Hebrew | 1795-1804 |
| 10 | III72 | Rogasen, typescript of Jacob Jacobson's "Zur Geschichte der Juden
in Rogasen" | |
| 10 | III73 | Sachsen-Meiningen, government documents concerning Jews,
typescript, copies | 18?? |
| 10 | III74 | Sachsen-Meiningen, notes concerning Jews | 18?? |
| 10 | III75 | Sandersleben, births, marriages and deaths, photocopy,
Hebrew | 1795-1835 |
| 11 | III105 | Schermeisel (Südpreussen), charter (Stadt-Privilegium),
photocopy | 1805 |
| 10 | III79 | Schermeisel, notes from government records about Jews, also
photocopy of a list | 1798-1805 |
| 10 | III77 | Schleswig-Holstein, Mohelbuch, photocopy | 1775-1817 |
| 10 | III80 | Schottland (suburb of Danzig), Pinkas of the Bikur Cholim
(records of the society for visiting the sick), with a list of burials,
1806-1848 | 1700-18?? |
| 10 | III78 | Schwerin an der Warthe, naturalization list,
photocopy | circa 1800-1899 |
| 11 | III81 | Solm-Braunfels, tax book, Hebrew | 1736-1816 |
| 11 | III82 | Spangenberg (Hessen), complaint against the head of the Jewish
community, German and Hebrew | 1836 |
| 11 | III83 | Sulzbach, two letters to the Jewish community, Hebrew,
photocopies from the Staatsarchiv Amberg | 1697 |
| 11 | III84 | "Kurzer Bericht über die Juden von Trebbin, 1792-1812" by Ernst
Samuel, typescript | after
1812 |
| 11 | III85 | Tütz (Tuczno, Poland), Yizkor book(memorial book),
Hebrew | 1891 |
| 11 | III86 | Unruhstadt, death list, photocopy | 1817-1874 |
| 11 | III90 | Wallerstein, Memorbuch, Hebrew, photocopy | |
| 11 | III89 | Westphalia, lists of Jewish houses, photocopies | 1737 |
| 11 | III87 | West Prussia, generla list of Jews, photocopies | 1812 |
| 11 | III88 | West Prussia, Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder, lists of Jews with
family names, photocopies | 1845 |
| 15 | VIII61 | West Prussia, fixing of names (Namensnahme), notes | 1845 |
| 11 | III91 | Wolfenbüttel, inventory list of records in the Niedersächsisches
Staatsarchiv concerning Carl Anton, lecturer in Hebrew at the University
of Helmstedt, and controversies involving his writings about the
wandering Jew (Ewiger Jude), German, typed summaries of the
records | 1750-1754 |
| 14 | VIII19 | Wolfenbüttel, testament of Philipp Samson, typed copy and notes,
varia | 1795 |
| 11 | III92 | Wolfenbüttel, typed copy of legacies given to the Jewish
community, including the Samsonsche Freischule | 17??-18?? |
| 11 | III93 | Worms, German document from the Middle Ages, photocopy from the
Staatsarchiv Worms (RST BD. 2024) | |
| 7 | II33 | Würzburg, decree by the Bishop of Würzburg appointing Abraham
Bing, assistant Rabbi in Frankfurt, to the post of district Rabbi
(Land-Oberrabbiner) of Würzburg, original | 1798 |
| 11 | III94 | Züllichau, petitions to the authorities about quartering of
soldiers, photocopy | 1745-1748 |
| 11 | III95 | Zwesten (Kurhessen), Mohelbuch, mixed or unidentified
locations | 1832-1863 |
| 11 | III96 | Pomerania, East Prussia, West Prussia, list of Jews,
photocopy | circa 1800? |
| 11 | III100 | Lists of personalities mentioned in the tombstone inscriptions,
unidentified locale | circa 1200-18?? |
| 11 | III101a | Death and cemetery register, unidentified locale, volume 1,
Hebrew, photocopy | circa 1600-17?? |
| 11 | III101b | Death and cemetery register, unidentified locale, volume 2,
Hebrew, photocopy | circa 1600-17?? |
| 11 | III102 | Mohelbuch, unidentified locale, Hebrew, photocopy | 1796-1831 |
| 11 | III104 | Cemetery register, unidentified locale, photocopy | |
| 11 | III105 | b) Prussian orders (Verfügungen) concerning Jewish
rights | 1816-1830 |
| 11 | III106 | Ismar Freund, "Denkschrift nebst Entwurf einer Verfassung für
eine Landesorganisation der preussischen Synagogengemeinden" (Berlin),
printed, 16 pages | 1922 |
| 11 | III108 | Letters to the heads of Jewish communities: Corbach 1876;
Greifenhagen; Driesen 1864; Glogau 1864; Schrimm, Spendenliste; Berlin,
community minutes, 1774; German, Yiddish and Hebrew | 1774-1876 |
| 11 | III109 | List of communal employees (Publique Bedienten), unidentified
locale, typescript and manuscript copies | 1740 |
| 11 | III111 | Prussian royal Schutzbrief for the Brothers Hirsch, silk
manufacturers, photocopy | |
| 11 | III113 | Printed regulations (Takanot), unidentified locale, Hebrew, 2
pages | 1782 |
| 11 | III115 | Circular letter by M. Letteris, Vienna, to the Jewish community
of Leipzig, 1866, Hebrew; document on the sale of a synagogue seat in
Posen, 1789, Hebrew; document concerning the removal of Russian Jews
from the border districts, 1844, notes, typed copy from the Johann
Jacoby papers | 1789-1866 |
| 11 | III116 | Sachsen-coburg, decree about Judenschutz (control over Jewish
residency) of Jews in Kurmark, copies; contribution list,
Hamburg | undated, 1843 |
| 15 | VIII65 | Jewish tombstones, unidentified locale, photographs | |
| 15 | VIII62 | Mohelbuch, unidentified locale, photograph | |
| 15 | VIII63 | Birth register, unidentified locale, photograph | |
| 13 | VIII3 | Bavaria, prayers and bans for marriages, copies | 1864-1874 |
| |
| This series is in German, Hebrew, and Latin. |
Arrangement:Arranged by family name. |
Scope and Content:This series contains genealogy records of multiple different German families,
created in the 19th and 20th centuries. Family trees and histories date back
to the 12th century. The families included in this collection are the
Dessauer, Gans, Hollander, Frankel, Gompertz, Halpern, Hirsch, Itzig,
Koppel, Loewe, Meyer, Neumark, Seligmann, Teutsch, Treuenfels, Warburg, and
Wittelshoefer families. Other materials in this collection consist of
correspondences between family researchers, a testament, eulogies,
certificates, and a family history written while in Theresienstadt. |
| 13 | VII1 | Dessauer family, Aschaffenburg, family tree by Albert Kaemmerle
of Aschaffenburg, 241 pages | 1962 |
| 13 | VII2 | Fraenkels, family history notes | 1928-1933 |
| 13 | VII3 | Fraenkel-Mirels and Mirels-Heller-Fraenkel family trees in German
and Hebrew, 1450-20th century | 1450-19?? |
| 13 | VII4 | Gompertz family history material, also notes and correspondence
between various researchers, including Rabbi Freudenthal and David
Kaufmann | 1887-1933 |
| 13 | VII5 | Leyser Halpern, family tree, translated from Hebrew | |
| 13 | VII6 | Freiherr von Hirsch (Hirsch auf Gereuth), family history written
at Theresienstadt, 11 page typescript | 1943 |
| 13 | VII7 | Daniel and Mirian Itzig, family tree, genealogical table, copy of
manuscript | 1930 |
| 13 | VII8 | Daniel Itzig, copies of testament | 1783, 1791-1799 |
| 13 | VII9 | Moritz Itzig vs. Achim von Arnim, photocopy of "Seitenstück zu
Vernhagens Erzählung" | 1813, 1861 |
| 13 | VII10 | Koppel (or Thurnauer) family tree by Albert Heckscher,
mimeographed | 1883-? |
| 13 | VII11 | Loewe family papers, including eulogies, biographies,
skit | 1833, 1876, 1879, 1907 |
| 13 | VII12 | Ephraim Meyer family tree, Hannover | 1864, 1891 |
| 13 | VII13 | Neumark family tree, Duisburg | After 1915 |
| 13 | VII14 | Dr. Caesar Seligmann family tree | After 1919 |
| 13 | VII15 | Meine Familie by Rudolf Simonis, typescript | 1946 |
| | | German | |
| 13 | VII16 | Aron Teutsch family, genealogical tables | After 1905 |
| 13 | VII17 | Treuenfels family history | 1920 |
| 13 | VII18 | Articles by and about Aby Warburg, obituaries | 1926, 1928-1929 |
| 13 | VII19 | Wittelshoefer family (Fürth-Prague), tree and family papers,
mostly originals | 1837-1933 |
| 13 | VII20 | Haag, Zadig and Plaut family genealogies, written by Rabby
Duckesz | After 1917 |
| 13 | VII21 | Gans family history, "Die 600 jährige Geschichte der Familie
Gans" by Ludwig Herz; Herz's addititions to genealogies of the
Stinthal-Herz, Wolfs, and other families | 1935, 1939 |
| 14 | VIII33 | Family trees of Abraham Broda and Aron Mirles (Rabbi of
Wreschen), Hebrew | |
| 14 | VIII34 | Genealogy notebook | |
| |
| This series is in German, Hebrew, Yiddish, Polish, and Latin. |
Scope and Content:The first part of this series contains the papers of the original
individuals, which include poems, family trees, religious writings and
texts, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, the autobiography of Adam Pfahl, a
memo by Max Bodenheimer about a meeting of Theodor Herzl with Kaiser Wilhelm
II, the papers of Dr. Moritz Stern (the librarian of the Berlin Jewish
community), a manuscript and notes by Selma Stern-Taeubler, the papers of
Dr. Leiser Landshuth, poems by George Davidsohn (editor and parliamentary
deputy for the SPD), a bar mitzvah speech, and wedding announcements
pertaining to the Milch family. The second part of the series contains
papers of a more various nature, including a letter about the Jewish
community to Pope Pius VII, an anti-Semitic placard and photo, various
registers, Jacobson’s notes from the Staatsarchiv, prayers, Torah plates,
and miscellaneous other papers about the Jewish communities in Germany. |
| 13 | VIII10 | Max Bodenheimer, "Die zionistische Abordnung beim deutschen
Kaiser", manuscript, 5 pages, copy | undated |
| 13 | VIII18 | Georg Davidsohn (editor of "Vorwärts"): poems, typed | 1926-1936 |
| 14 | VIII23 | Notebook of notes by Rabbi Freudenthal of Nürnberg about Ir
Benjamin, Fürth, 1922; Responsa Keneset Esekiel; Heine family tree;
family Spiro; etc. | |
| 14 | VIII27 | Notes by Rabbi Freudenthal, varia, including a few
letters | 1896-1906 |
| 14 | VIII20a | Papers of Julius Harrwitz, including family letters | circa 1842-1880 |
| | | German | |
| 14 | VIII20l | Julius Harrwitz: passports and tickets | 1845-1859 |
| | | German | |
| 14 | VIII20j | Julius Harrwitz: passports, travel, and residency documents | 1850-1859 |
| | | German | |
| 14 | VIII20m | Julius Harrwitz: various papers | circa 1856-1872 |
| | | German | |
| 14 | VIII20b | Julius and Therese Harrwitz: obituaries | 1851-circa 1880 |
| | | German | |
| 14 | VIII20e | Max and Julius Harrwitz: personal papers | 1858, 1926 |
| | | German | |
| 14 | VIII20h | Max, Fritz, and J. Harrwitz: school papers | 1867-1871 |
| | | German | |
| 14 | VIII20c | Harrwitz family: correspondence, much with the Milch family (Breslau) | 1855-1860 |
| | | German | |
| 14 | VIII20i | Harrwitz family: poems and some correspondence | circa 1840-1900 |
| | | German | |
| 14 | VIII20f | Harrwitz family: birth and engagement papers | 1847-1880 |
| | | German | |
| 14 | VIII20g | Harrwitz family: business papers | 1849-1910 |
| | | German | |
| 14 | VIII20k | Harrwitz family: business cards and cartes de visite | circa 1840-1880 |
| | | German | |
| 14 | VIII20d | Harrwitz family: cartes de visite, photographs, and manuscript by Julius Harrwitz: Das Auftreten der Kunst bei den alten Völkern | circa 1850-1901 |
| | | German | |
| 13 | VIII4 | Professor Jacob Herz, Erlangen, clippings, eulogies, and
dedication of Herz memorial in Erlangen | 1869-75 |
| 13 | VIII7 | Notebook of Joseph Klein of Tisza-Beo, handwritten, Hebrew; also
drafts of letters and notes on religious subjects | circa 1860 |
| 13 | VIII15 | Leiser Landshuth, contract with Dr. Salomon Neumann about the
sale of the Landshuth collection to Neumann, with list and copies of
documents | 1887 |
| 13 | VIII16 | Papers of Dr. Leiser Landshuth, including correspondence with
Neumann | 1845-1899 |
| 13 | VIII1 | Poems for weddings and family occasions, various families,
including the Milch family | 1843-1890, 1847-1919 |
| 13 | VIII2 | Poems for weddings and family occasions, various families,
including the Milch family | 1843-1890, 1847-1919 |
| 14 | VIII22 | Clippipngs about Stadtverordneter (City Councillor) Dr. Salomon
Neumann, Berlin, including obituaries | 1899-1908 |
| 13 | VIII11 | Autobiography of Adam Pfahl (1785-?), Berlin, typed | |
| 13 | VIII17 | Papers of Dr. Moritz Stern, librarian of the Berlin Jewish
community, including much genealogical material and
correspondence | 1900-1935 |
| 13 | VIII12 | Selma Stern, Der preussische Staat und die
Juden first version, typescript with handwritten
corrections, and notes | After 1956 |
| 13 | VIII13 | Selma Stern, research notebook used for Der preussische Staat und die Juden | After 1956 |
| 13 | VIII14 | Selma Stern, research notebook used for Der preussische Staat und die Juden | After 1956 |
| 13 | VIII5 | Bar Mitzvah speech of Joseph ben Moseh, Hebrew and German in
Hebrew script | 1829 |
| 13 | VIII9 | Schedula Pappenheimenses, Talmudic manuscript in Hebrew with
Latin description | |
| 14 | VIII21 | General Directorium Fabrikendepartement-Archiv Repertorium
Preussen | 1742-1809 |
| 14 | VIII24 | Notebook section of a commentary on the book of Job (Hiob 2),
German | |
| 14 | VIII25 | Various notes from books and archives | 1700s-1800s |
| 14 | VIII30 | Notes, family trees, and other papers, Berlin,
Hechingen | |
| 14 | VIII31 | Original documents: Hebrew-Wisan?; letter to Pope Pius VII,
Italian, 1800?; concerning Priviligierte Juden (Jews with residency
permits) in Friedland, Latin, 1772; copy of "Hatikva" for the Verein
Jüdischer Studenten, Berln, 1920; anti-Semitic placard,
Polish | undated, 1772-1920 |
| 14 | VIII32 | Complaint of Rabbi Salman Weinheim to his congregation, German in
Hebrew script, photocopy | 1836 |
| 14 | VIII35 | Photocopies of various citizenship certificates (Bürgerbriefe),
Bromberg, Berlin, Marienwerder, Treuenbriezen | 1812-1843 |
| 14 | VIII36 | German translation of Hebrew prayers, handwritten, 3
pages | |
| 14 | VIII38 | List of archives and books used (for a book by
Jacobson?) | 1962? |
| 14 | VIII39 | Suesskind family tree, Ballenstedt, materials from Zunz, all
photocopies | 1821-1822, 1849 |
| 14 | VIII40 | Instructions concerning Prussian citizenship, printed
photocopy | 1808 |
| 14 | VIII41 | Photocopies: list of subscribers, German and Hebrew; photo of
anti- Semitic sign Beverungen, 1934; papers-Bendix, Berlin; engagement
document, Berlin, 1770, Akta Kurmark | undated, 1770, 1934 |
| 14 | VIII42 | Notes, Judenschaftsmitglieder (members of the Jewish
community),unidentified locale, Rabbi Fruedenthal | 1840-? |
| 14 | VIII43 | Prussian records about occupational changes | 1802-1803 |
| 14 | VIII45 | Jechiel Fischer, Zur Erklärung einiger
jüdischer Namen, typescript | |
| 14 | VIII26 | Four notebooks of notes by Jacobson from Staatsarchiv,
Danzig | |
| 14 | VIII28 | Notes by Jacobson | |
| 14 | VIII49 | Varia, photocopies, notes, subscription list, original
documents | Early 18th century to early 20th
century |
| 14 | VIII51 | Notebooks on Greek and Roman history and miscellaneous other
topics | 1873 |
| 14 | VIII50 | Notes on Roman history and other topics | 1954? |
| 14 | VIII52 | "Seder Tikunei Shtarot, Sammlung von jüdischen Kontrakten,
rabbinisch und deutsch" (Book of Jewish contracts), Hamburg and Buetzow,
printed book with handwritten notes (see also IX 17) | 1773 |
| 15 | VIII53 | Book with notes for a concordance to the Bible,
Hebrew | circa 1700-1799 |
| 15 | VIII54 | Various photocopies of articles and registers, Ketubah | undated (19th century), 1888 |
| 15 | VIII64 | Photograph of an article about the Preussische Taufepidemie
(epidemic of conversions), published in YIVO's "Historishe Shriftn",
Yiddish | 1929 |
| 15 | VIII66 | Torah plates, metal | |
| 13 | VIII6 | Alphabetical index to Hock-Kaufmann, "Familien Namen",
Hebrew | |
