Metadata: Archive of Rabbi Ludwig Lewysohn 1852-1895
Collection
- Country:
- Sweden
- Holding institution:
- Swedish National Archives
- Holding institution (official language):
- Riksarkivet
- Postal address:
- Box 12541, 102 29 Stockholm
- Phone number:
- 010-476 70 00
- Web address:
- https://riksarkivet.se/startpage
- Email:
- riksarkivet@riksarkivet.se
- Reference number:
- SE/RA/730128/07/06/1/8
- Title:
- Archive of Rabbi Ludwig Lewysohn 1852-1895
- Title (official language):
- Rabbin Ludwig Lewysohns arkiv 1852-1895
- Creator/accumulator:
- Lewysohn, Ludwig Louis
- Date(s):
- 1852/1895
- Language:
- Swedish
- German
- Hebrew
- Yiddish
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- This collection consists of manuscripts of speeches or sermons given by chief rabbi Ludwig Louis Lewysohn between 1868 and 1873. This specific collection comprises speeches at funerals between 1856 and 1895, a sermon for the birthday of king Ludwig III in 1852, a sermon for a confirmation of children in 1856, and a sermon for the inauguration of the Great Synagogue on Wahrendorffsgatan 3 in 1870. These sermons or speeches are in published form, and they are written in German or Swedish, with some added Hebrew. The sermon for the birthday of king Ludwig III of Bavaria on 9 June 1852 was written in German while chief rabbi Ludwig Louis Lewysohn was employed by the Jewish community in Worms. The sermon was held at the synagogue in Worms. The religious sermon during the confirmation of children in 1856 was also given at the synagogue in Worms. It was also published in German. A funeral sermon for Dr. Jacob Abraham Adler in Worms on 8 January 1856, was also published. The sermon from the inauguration service at the Great Synagogue in Stockholm in 1870 was published by the Jewish publisher Isaac Marcus. The published sermon is divided into three sub-sections, and it includes biblical verses in Hebrew, with Swedish translations. The death of the Swedish king Oscar I in 1859 prompted chief rabbi Ludwig Louis Lewysohn to write a speech, published in German. Funeral speeches for, for example, Hanna Marcus, Bernhardina Davidson and Betty Salomonsson were also published in German in 1859 and 1861 respectively. The funeral speeches were written in Swedish from 1865.
- Archival history:
- This collection was transferred by the Jewish community of Stockholm to the Swedish National Archives in 1979.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Ludwig Louis Lewysohn was born in Schwerzend in Prussia in 1819 and died in Stockholm in 1901. He was the son of a rabbi and was educated at secular schools, first at the Realgymnasium and then at the University of Halle, where he received his PhD in 1847. He worked as a preacher and rabbi in the Jewish communities in Frankfurt an der Oder and Worms before being offered the position as rabbi in Stockholm. He arrived in Stockholm in August 1858, began preaching in Swedish two years later, and retired in 1883. He published extensively during his lifetime on issues such as the relationship between Talmud and animal life, and epitaphs on medieval cemeteries, and had articles published in Hebrew periodicals such as Gan Prahim, Kadimah, Ozar Hakhokhma Ve Hamada and Kohut. Ludwig Louis Lewysohn was married to Rosalia Zendig and Phillipine Baer, and had seven children.
- Subject terms:
- Jewish community
- Rabbis
- Synagogues
- Access, restrictions:
- Access to the collection is restricted to researchers. Permission is required and should be obtained in advance. Applications are made to the Swedish National Archives, which reviews them on behalf of the Jewish community of Stockholm, which makes the decision. The form and instructions can be accessed on the homepage of the Jewish Community of Stockholm: https://jfst.se/fler-tjaenster/oevriga-tjaenster/slaekt-och-personforskning/
- Finding aids:
- The archive that this collection is a part of has been indexed by the archivists Lars Hallberg and Mikaela Nybohm of the Swedish National Archives. The index can be found in a folder at the archive and in the archive’s database NAD (Nationell Arkivdatabas).
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum in Stockholm
- Author of the description:
- Maja Hultman; Jewish Museum of Stockholm; June 2020