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Gifhorn Jewish Community collection

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Gifhorn Local Authority (Creator of the collection)
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The collection contains correspondence and documents from the period between 1717-1871 concerning "Schutz" - protection to enable Jews to reside in the town and attempts to acquire civil rights; licenses and concessions in different areas of trade and cottage industry, for example soap and candles; disputes with the local guilds; permits for buying houses and employing workers; a few documents from the official Jewish community (1824, 1825, 1865).

Reference Code
ARC. 4* 1865
Dates
1717-1871
Consists of
0.4 m..
Languages
German;
location
  • The Archives Collection of the National Library of Israel The Archives Collection of the National Library of Israel
Title Gifhorn Jewish Community collection.
Additional Titles כותרת בעברית: אוסף הקהילה היהודית בגיפהורן.
Notes Archives in Hannover containing other material: LKA Hanover, Niedersaechsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Hannover.
Citation Note ARC. 4* 1865, Gifhorn Jewish Community collection, Archives Department, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem
Host Item Gifhorn Jewish Community collection.
Level of Description Fonds Record
Biographical summary Gifhorn, today a city in the federal state of Lower Saxony, Braunschweig, was formerly (until 1945) in the Prussian province of Hannover. Between 1705-1810 Gifhorn was subject to the rule of the Principality of the Electorate of Hannover (the Electors were also the Kings of England: George I-William IV). The Jews had no right of residence in the principality and were under the protection of the local mayors or nobles. The names appearing in the documents are from the families of Isaac Arendt, the first "Schutzjude" (1717), of Levi Heine, of Jonas Moses Friedberg and from the Menke family. There was inter-marriage between these families. For more information see: פנקס הקהילות
אנציקלופדיה של הישובים היהודיים...גרמניה - כרך רביעי - חלק ראשון. ירושלים, יד ושם, תשס"ז, עמ' 412-408
Ownership history Bought at Kedem auction in 2009.
Language Note The documents are in German.
National Library system number 990027206700205171

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