Jewish Religious Community of Příbram

Collection description

Scope and content:: The fonds contains the statutes of the Jewish Religious Community of Příbram (1870–1877, 1921), a memorial book, election records, personnel records, registry records, official memoranda, financial records, material relating to assistance for war refugees (1916–1918), documents relating to the construction of the local synagogue, statutes (1880, 1882) and records of the burial society (chevra kadisha), and material relating to the associated community of Bohostice and Kamenná.

Archival history:: The records were incorporated into the archives of the Jewish Museum in Prague during the Second World War as part of shipments of material from Jewish religious communities that had been disbanded.

Administrative/biographical history:: The medieval Jewish settlement in Příbram ended in the middle of the 16th century, when Jews were expelled from the town. It was not until after the middle of the 19th century that Jews returned to the town. A new religious community was established there in 1862. The community was disbanded by the Nazis during the Second World War but subsequently resumed its activities.

Subject terms:: Burial; Hevrah kadisha; Jewish community; Jewish community records; Refugees; Synagogues

System of arrangement:: Materials in the fonds are arranged thematically as follows: books/registers and files of the Jewish community, files of a Jewish school, files of the local synagogue, files of the burial society (chevra kadisha), a register of a Jewish association, files of associated communities.

Finding aids:: Dolista K, Heřman J: Židovská náboženská obec Příbram, Prozatímní inventární seznam, 1971, 8 s., ev. č. 122.

Links to finding aids:: http://c.jewishmuseum.cz/files/documents/archiv-sbirky-a-fondy/inventare/122ZNOPribram-prozatimniinventarniseznam.pdf