Metadata: Jewish Religious Community of Turnov
Collection
- Country:
- Czechia
- Holding institution:
- Archives of the Jewish Museum in Prague
- Holding institution (official language):
- Archiv Židovského muzea v Praze
- Postal address:
- Stroupežnického 32, Praha 5, 150 00
- Phone number:
- 00420222749111
- Web address:
- http://www.jewishmuseum.cz/
- Email:
- office@jewishmuseum.cz
- Reference number:
- 150
- Title:
- Jewish Religious Community of Turnov
- Title (official language):
- Židovská náboženská obec Turnov
- Creator/accumulator:
- Jewish Religious Community of Turnov
- Date(s):
- 1689/1942
- Language:
- German
- Czech
- Hebrew
- Extent:
- 0.66 linear metres
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The fonds contains the statutes of the Jewish Religious Community of Turnov (1871–1897), minutes of meetings, a community membership register, records relating to the management of charitable foundations, a register of synagogue seats, a Hazkara, a graves register, and a cash book of the burial society (chevra kadisha).
- 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:
- Jewish settlement in Turnov is documented from the first half of the 16th century at the latest. A Jewish religious community existed there from the beginning of the 17th century at the latest. It was disbanded by the Nazis during the Second World War but subsequently resumed its activities.
- Access points: locations:
- Turnov
- System of arrangement:
- Materials in the fonds are arranged thematically as follows: books/registers and files of the Jewish community, books/registers of the local synagogue, books/registers of the burial society (chevra kadisha), books/registers and files of a local Jewish association.
- Finding aids:
- Dolista K, Heřman J: Židovská náboženská obec Turnov, Prozatímní inventární seznam, 2004, 2 s., ev. č. 150.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Prague
- Author of the description:
- JMP Survey, 2015.
