Metadata: Jewish Religious Community of Benešov
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:
- 2
- Title:
- Jewish Religious Community of Benešov
- Title (official language):
- Židovská náboženská obec Benešov
- Creator/accumulator:
- Jewish Religious Community of Benešov
- Date(s):
- 1896/1941
- Language:
- Czech
- German
- Extent:
- 0.33 linear metres
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The fond includes the statutes of the Jewish Religious Community from 1896 and the articles of the Burial Society, lists of community members, financial files (including the pauper care files) and synagogue reconstruction files.
- 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 families lived in Benešov since the 16th century. The Jewish community is documented in the middle of the 18th century and ceased to exist during WWII. After the war, the community was not re-established.
- Access points: locations:
- Benešov
- Finding aids:
- Dolista K, Heřman J: Židovská náboženská obec Benešov 1896-1941, Prozatímní inventární seznam, 1971, 2 s., ev. č. 2.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Prague
- Author of the description:
- JMP Survey, 2015.
