Jewish Religious Community of Turnov - European Jewish Archives Portal

Collection description

Collection

Country:: Czechia

Holding institution:: Archives of the Jewish Museum in Prague

Holding institution (official language):: Archiv Židovského muzea v Praze

Postal address:: Stroupežnického 32, Praha 5, 150 00

Phone number:: 00420222749111

Web address:: http://www.jewishmuseum.cz/

Email:: office@jewishmuseum.cz

Reference number:: 150

Title:: Jewish Religious Community of Turnov

Title (official language):: Židovská náboženská obec Turnov

Creator/accumulator:: Jewish Religious Community of Turnov

Date(s):: 1689/1942

Language:: German; Czech; Hebrew

Extent:: 0.66 linear metres

Physical condition:: good

Scope and content:: The fonds contains the statutes of the Jewish Religious Community of Turnov (1871–1897), minutes of meetings, a community membership register, records relating to the management of charitable foundations, a register of synagogue seats, a Hazkara, a graves register, and a cash book of the burial society (chevra kadisha).

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:: Jewish settlement in Turnov is documented from the first half of the 16th century at the latest. A Jewish religious community existed there from the beginning of the 17th century at the latest. It was disbanded by the Nazis during the Second World War but subsequently resumed its activities.

Access points: locations:: Turnov

Subject terms:: Aid and relief; Aid and relief--Philanthropy and charity; Burial; Cemeteries; Hevrah kadisha; Jewish community; Jewish community records; Synagogues

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

Finding aids:: Dolista K, Heřman J: Židovská náboženská obec Turnov, Prozatímní inventární seznam, 2004, 2 s., ev. č. 150.

Links to finding aids:: http://c.jewishmuseum.cz/files/documents/archiv-sbirky-a-fondy/inventare/150ZNOTurnov-prozatimniinventarniseznam.pdf

Yerusha Network member:: Jewish Museum Prague

Author of the description:: JMP Survey, 2015.

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