Jewish Religious Community of Plzeň (after 1945)

Collection description

Scope and content:: The fonds contains a post-war register of Jewish victims, minutes of meetings, correspondence, notices, circulars, invitation cards, personnel and salary records, material relating to the management of immovable assets, and financial records, as well as documents of the synagogue associations of Karlovy Vary, České Budějovice, Klatovy, Mariánské Lázně, Písek and Tábor.

Archival history:: The documents were transferred to the archives of the Jewish Museum in Prague from the Jewish Community of Pilsen in 2006.

Administrative/biographical history:: The Jewish Religious Community of Pilsen was founded at the start of the second half of the 19th century. The community was disbanded by the Nazis in the period of Nazi Occupation but resumed its activities after the war. The synagogue associations in Karlovy Vary, České Budějovice, Klatovy, Mariánské Lázně, Písek and Tábor gradually came under its administration. After 1989 it became the Jewish Community of Pilsen with authority over the the districts of Domažlice, Cheb, Klatovy, Pilsen–South, Pilsen–City, Pilsen–North, Rokycany, Sokolov and Tachov. The Jewish Community of Pilsen is still in existence.

Access points: locations:: České Budějovice; Karlovy Vary; Klatovy; Mariánské Lázně; Písek; Plzen; Tábor

Subject terms:: Financial records; Holocaust; Jewish community; Jewish community records; Synagogues

System of arrangement:: The fonds contains books, filing registers and files that are arranged chronologically by period-post-war files from 1945–1950, books and files from 1950–1989: minutes of meetings, correspondence, personnel and salary records, material relating to religious affairs, financial records, material relating to the management of immovable assets, books and files of synagogue associations.

Finding aids:: Hanková M: Židovská náboženská obec Plzeň po roce 1945, Prozatímní inventární seznam, 2009, 12 s., ev. č. 311.