Metadata: Israelite Congregation in Wandsbek
Collection
- Country:
- Germany
- Holding institution:
- Hamburg State Archive
- Holding institution (official language):
- Staatsarchiv Hamburg
- Postal address:
- Kattunbleiche 19, 22041 Hamburg
- Phone number:
- +49 (0)40 428313209
- Web address:
- www.hamburg.de/staatsarchiv
- Reference number:
- 522-1_
- Title:
- Israelite Congregation in Wandsbek
- Title (official language):
- Israelitische Gemeinde in Wandsbek
- Creator/accumulator:
- Israelite Congregation in Wandsbek
- Date(s):
- 1812/1937
- Language:
- German
- Hebrew
- Yiddish
- Extent:
- the total extent of registry 131-1 I is 70.9 metres; no individual details are available.
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The files of the Jewish congregation in Wandsbek cover the period after the dissolution of the triple congregation. They are divided into eight categories: 1. Organisation and general administration: This category mainly comprises correspondence with various associations and societies, files on the incorporation of Jews in the Stormarn district and minutes of the board of directors; 2. Congregation membership; 3. Accounts; 4. Property and construction; 5. Welfare work; 6. “Cult” and school; 7. Funeral and 8. Civil status.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- This collection deals with the Jewish congregation of Wandsbek after 1812. Before this point the congregation had been part of the triple congregation Altona, Hamburg, Wandsbek (see 522-1 Wandsbeker Gemeinde). During this time, members of the congregations were able to settle within the area of all three congregations without giving up their membership to their original congregation. When in 1812 the congregations had to separate as a consequence of the French rule, the congregation in Wandsbek lostmany wealthy members who had settled in Hamburg or Altona. By 1840 the number of members had recovered to such an extent that a synagogue and a school could be founded. Around 1900 and 1920 the congregation grew strongly due to the influx of German-Polish members. However, after 1933 the congregation lost many members due to emigration. In 1938 the congregation was forced to join the Jewish Religious Association of Hamburg (Jüdischer Religionsverband Hamburg). In October 1938 the synagogue was closed. At least 100 members of the congregation were deported in 1941, only two of them survived.
- Subject terms:
- Burial
- Education
- Jewish community
- Synagogues
- Vital records
- Welfare
- System of arrangement:
- The material is arranged in thematic order.
- Finding aids:
- Overview, finding aid.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://recherche.staatsarchiv.hamburg.de/ScopeQuery5.2/detail.aspx?ID=1047124
- Yerusha Network member:
- Institute for the History of German Jews
- Author of the description:
- Esther Yen