Jewish Religious Community of Brno

Collection description

Scope and content:: This collection contains fragmentary materials that were mostly found in fonds from areas outside Brno-primarily minor printed materials: the community's statutes (1894), the statutes and annual reports of several Jewish associations, and a memorial document on the improvement of civic conditions for the Jews. From the period of the Nazi Occupation there is a 1939 instruction on the obligation to register artefacts and valuable objects, agricultural and forestry land, foreign currency, and debts to foreign individuals, as well as a marriage register from 1941–1942.

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 of Brno was founded in the 13th century and disbanded after the expulsion of the Jews in 1454. A Jewish community was established in the middle of the 19th century and was liquidated during the Nazi Occupation. The community was re-established after the Second World War and exists to this day.

Subject terms:: Antisemitism; Antisemitism--Antisemitic measures; Civil rights; Holocaust; Jewish community; Jewish community records; Plunder; Vital records; Vital records--Marriage records

Finding aids:: Dolista K, Heřman, J: Židovská náboženská obec Brno 1840-1942, Prozatímní inventární seznam, 1971, 1 s., ev. č. 8.