Metadata: Magistrate Laage
Collection
- Country:
- Germany
- Holding institution:
- District Archive Rostock – main branch Güstrow
- Holding institution (official language):
- Archiv des Landkreises Rostock – Hauptsitz Güstrow
- Postal address:
- Landkreis Rostock, Amt für Personal und Organisation, Sachgebiet Archiv, Hauptsitz Güstrow, Am Wall 3-5, 18273 Güstrow
- Phone number:
- +49 3843 755 11999
- Reference number:
- G.S.03.a
- Title:
- Magistrate Laage
- Title (official language):
- Magistrat Laage
- Creator/accumulator:
- Magistrate of Laage
- Date(s):
- 1753/1944
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 8 folders
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection “Magistrat Laage” G.S.03.a comprises 3 older files on the number of Jewish inhabitants and protected Jews in Laage (Sig. 1008; 1010; 2808) as well as 5 more recent files on regulations for Jews after 1933 (Sig. 60, 61, 67, 82, 177). In detail:
Sig. 60 (Haushaltsangelegenheiten der Stadtschule Laage 1936-1939) contains letter from Prime Minister Hermann Göring on “Unterbringung der Juden” (Housing the Jews); transcript of a confidential letter on “Ablehnung der Aufnahme eines Beamten in die NSDAP “ (Refusal to admit an official to the NSDAP);
Sig. 61 (Issue of weapon licences 1929-1944) contains regulations (print) and applications and letters (1935) on "Erteilung von Waffenscheinen an Juden" (Issue of weapon licences to Jews) (only in exceptional cases);
Sig. 67 (Announcements 1934-1936), including items concerning the enterprises and factories in Jewish possession and the regulations for flying flags on special occasions (p. 29); concerning the "Jewish lecturer Ludwig Hardt" from East Frisia (Neustadt-Jödens), appearance is prohibited. (p. 139); "Judenkartei"; concerning the "Vereinigung toratreuer Juden in Deutschland" (Association of torah-true Jews in Germany) (p. 161); prohibition of "cultural activities of Jews" (p. 165);
Sig. 82 (Municipal Bath 1933-1944) contains letters concerning the exclusion of Jewish residents from the bathing establishments (1938, p. 126);
Sig. 177 (passport and legitimation cards, regulations 1927-1940) includes exceptions on the distribution of legitimation cards and trade legitimation cards to Jews (1938, p. 167);
Sig. 1008 (1810-1876) Report about the food situation in the town of Laage and about the number of the existing Jews, with names, occupations, marriage state, number of the children according to regulation of February 1810; lists 1806-1869);
Sig. 1010 Letters of protection and privilege, renewal of privileges, etc. for Ahrend Rebel from Sülz (1788); Mendel Simon (1887), Samuel Hirsch (1792); Jacob Salomon (1798); Abraham Ahrens (1802); Jacob Levin from Dargun (1803); Joseph Isaac from Malchin (1806);
Sig. 2808 (1846-1869) Disputes among Jewish inhabitants; arrears of contributions to the city treasury, including Hirsch, Samuel; lists of contributions, list of arrears of payments to the municipal treasury.
- Archival history:
- The district archives are responsible for the files of the district of Rostock and its predecessor authorities since 1952, the archives of the district archives of the assigned institutions of the district, as well as documents of the councils of the towns and municipalities and of cooperatives, enterprises and institutions of the health and social service up to 1990. In addition to the files, the archive holds material collections such as newspapers, postcards, photos, calendars and posters, as well as an archive library with historical and regional historical literature, which is open to the public as a reference library.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- In 1952, three years after the foundation of the GDR, the existing states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia were dissolved in an administrative reform and the territory of the GDR was divided into 14 districts with East Berlin as the so-called 15th district. Until reunification, the districts formed the middle level of state administration. Mecklenburg had 3 districts – Rostock, Schwerin and Neubrandenburg, each with 10 or 14 rural districts and 1 to 4 urban districts as a further subdivision. The district reforms of 1994 and 2011 changed the layout of the districts twice, and also partially changed the allocation of the individual municipalities to the district. With the formation of the district in 1952 came the order to establish district archives. They are the forerunners of the present district archives.
- Access points: locations:
- Güstrow
- Laage
- Mecklenburg
- Medebach
- Neustadtgödens
- Schwerin
- Access points: persons/families:
- Ahrens, Abraham
- Ahrens, Juda
- Hardt, Ludwig
- Josephy
- Salomon, Israel
- Salomon, Lazarus
- Salomon, Meyer
- Salomon, Tobias
- Simon, Mendel
- System of arrangement:
- The files are arranged in chronological order.
- Finding aids:
- A database (Augias) is available to access at the archive only. Access to Ariadne database will likely be provided in future.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Institute for the History of German Jews
- Author of the description:
- Christine Schatz, Hamburg
