Metadata: B'nai B'rith Association
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:
- 197
- Title:
- B'nai B'rith Association
- Title (official language):
- B'nai B'rith
- Creator/accumulator:
- B'nai B'rith Association
- Date(s):
- 1893/1939
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 0.37 linear metres
- Physical condition:
- poor
- Scope and content:
- The fonds includes a list of members, the statutes of the association, a list of institutions and lodges, materials on individuals, correspondence, and promotional materials.
- 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 first lodge of B'nai B'rith was founded in 1843 in the USA by German Jewish immigrants in order to help German Jews integrate into American society. The first lodge in Europe was founded in Berlin in 1882. The first lodge in the Czech lands was established in the 1890s. The Austrian District (X.) was established in 1894 with the seat in Prague. The task of the Austrian lodges was to promote science and arts and relieve poverty of the poor and those in need. In 1911-1918 the seat of the Austrian district was moved to Vienna. With the emergence of Czechoslovakia after the World War One, the Austrian district was split. The Czech and Moravian lodges had more members as well as assets.
- Access points: locations:
- Czech Republic
- Subject terms:
- Jewish community
- Jewish community records
- Migration
- Migration--Immigration
- System of arrangement:
- The fonds is arranged thematically.
- Finding aids:
- Hamáčková, V: B'nai B'rith, Prozatímní inventární seznam, 1975, 1 s., ev. č. 193.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Prague
- Author of the description:
- JMP Survey, 2015.
