Jewish Religious Community of Žlutice

Collection description

Scope and content:: The fonds contains material relating to the affiliated community of Nečtiny: a printed summons to support victims of fire.

Archival history:: It is not exactly known how the records came to the archives of the Jewish Museum in Prague.

Administrative/biographical history:: Jewish settlement in Žlutice is documented from the beginning of the 18th century, but it was not until the second half of the 19th century that a larger number of Jewish families moved to the town. A Jewish religious community was established in 1875. It incorporated the area of the disbanded community of Nečtiny (Netschetin) in 1932. The Žlutice community was disbanded after the annexation of the Sudetenland by Nazi Germany in 1938. It did not resume its activities after the Second World War.

Subject terms:: Aid and relief; Aid and relief--Philanthropy and charity; Jewish community; Jewish community records

Finding aids:: Dolista K, Heřman J: Židovská náboženská obec Žlutice 1895, Prozatímní inventární seznam, 1971, 1 s., ev. č. 170.

Links to finding aids:: http://c.jewishmuseum.cz/files/documents/archiv-sbirky-a-fondy/inventare/170ZNOZlutice-prozatimniinventarniseznam.pdf