Konskription der Juden in der Herrschaft Veselí nad Moravou (Wessely a. d. March) im Jahr 1727

Author(s): Lenka Matušíková / Language(s): German Issue: 1/1996

The article explores a source of Jewish history in the Bohemian lands that has not been fully researched and utilized: the conscriptions of Jewish urban and rural dwellers compiled in the 18th century, with the aim of reducing the number of Jews. The article focuses on one example of such a conscription, conducted in 1727 in the domain of Veseli nad Moravou, which belonged to the Dietrichstein family. The author analyzes the data from the conscription, which provides information on the demographic, social and economic conditions of the local Jewish community, as well as its origins and relations with the lordship and the Christian population. The article also discusses the methodological problems and challenges of using the conscription records as historical sources, and suggests ways of supplementing and verifying them with other archival materials.

Dąbianin Lajwe Wołkowicz i jego relacja pt. „Dąbie” z Archiwum Getta Warszawy (tzw. Archiwum Ringelbluma)

Author(s): Przemysław Nowicki / Language(s): Polish Issue: X/2023

This is a successive publication regarding Lajwe Wołkowicz’s report entitled “Dąbie” translated from Yiddish into Polish, but the first in conjunction with information concerning the full personal details of its author – name, date and place of birth, and also names of parents and siblings, dates of birth, family status and social position of the witness’s immediate family as well as other people mentioned in this document, living and working during the pre-war period in a small town in Koło County. The testimony presented in this article originates from the Underground Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto, the so-called Ringelblum Archive (Oneg Shabbat). It is an extremely important source in regard to the extermination of the Jews in Koło County (1941 and 1942) as well as the operation of the first death camp established on Polish land incorporated into the Third Reich, organized at Chełmno nad Nerem. Lajwe Wołkowicz recounts the wartime fate of Dąbie’s Jewish community. He was sent to Koło by the local Judenrat on 11 December 1941. Passing through Chełmno he noticed baggage inside the church as the doors were open. He stopped and went inside. No one was inside and no one questio- ned his presence in the village. In Koło, there were no Jews on the streets but he did meet with two members of the Judenrat. They told him of the transports to Chełmno (Kulmhof) as did a local Pole who he met twice during the trip. Lajwe Wołkowicz fled Dąbie on the day the deportations began. He spent some five weeks in Grabów before eventually making his way to Warsaw and recording his testimony

Bestandaufnahme der Hinterlassenschaft von Abraham Stern Kaufmanns and Pächters von Třeboň (Wittingau)

Author(s): Lenka Matušíková / Language(s): German Issue: 1/1995

This article presents the inventory of the estate of Abraham Stern, a Jewish merchant and distiller in Třeboň (Wittingau) in the 18th century, based on the records of the patrimonial administration. The inventory reveals the wealth and diversity of Stern's business activities, as well as the difficulties of settling his inheritance among his widow and eleven children. The article also discusses the significance of such inventories as sources for the study of everyday life and culture of Jewish communities in rural areas.

The Conflict between Jewish and non-Jewish Population in Bohemia before the 1541 Banishment

Author(s): Jan Heřman / Language(s): English Issue: 2/1970

The paper first deals with the economic causes and motivation of the conflicts existing between Jewish and non-Jewish inhabitants of Bohemia prior to 1541. Then the ideological reasons and arguments used in the conflict are summarized. Finally the author also pays attention to Jewish taxes in that period.

Erfassung der jüdischen Bevölkerung in Böhmen im 18. und in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jhs. und die Bestrebungen, den jüdischen Anteil der Bevölkerung einzuschränken, im Lichte einiger historischer Quellen

Author(s): Anita Franková / Language(s): German Issue: 2/1970

The authoress acquaints the readers with the anti-Jewish policy pursued by the government of the Austrian monarchy, who, in the course of the 18th and in the first half of the 19th centuries, endeavored to regulate the number of Jews living in Bohemia. The article describes the activities of the government committee for the regulation of Jews as well as some material preserved (lists of Jews, lists of Jewish “familiants“, and others).

Notes bibliographiques

Author(s): Alexander Scheiber / Language(s): German Issue: 2/1970

Reviews of: 1. Bemerkung zur hebräischen Handschrift mit der Signatur „MS 16“ im Prager Staatlichen Jüdischen Museum 2. Bedrich Loewenstein: Le Moyen-Age du vingtième siècle, Prague 1970

The MSS Collections of the State Jewish Museum in Prague. Manuscript Works by Jewish Scholars in Bohemia and Moravia (18th-19th Centuries)

Author(s): Vladimir Sadek / Language(s): English Issue: 1/1972

Being a continuation of the description of manuscripts from the collections of the State Jewish Museum, this paper deals with 18th-19th cent, texts written by Jewish scholars living in Bohemia and Moravia, i.e. David Oppenheim, Moshe Meir Peris, Jonathan Eibenschütz, Ezekiel Landau, Meir Fishl Bumsla, Jacob Günzburg, Betsalel ben Joel Ranshburg, Juda Teweles, Simon ben Jehuda Lichtenstadt-Lasch, Jacob Illowy, Elyaqim Kollin, Abraham Muneles, and others.

Notes bibliographiques

Author(s): Josef Hrásky,Pavel Trost,Jan Heřman / Language(s): English,German Issue: 1/1972

Reviews of: 1. Dr. B. Brilling (Münster): Zur Geschichte des jüdischen Goldschmiedegewerbes in Mähren (1550-1800). Zeitschrift für die Geschichte der Juden, Jhg. 1969, Seite 137-146. Herausgegeben von Hugo Gold in Tel Aviv. 2. Ruth Kestenberg-Gladstein, Neuere Geschichte der Juden in den böhmischen Ländern. I. Teil, Das Zeitalter der Aufklärung. (Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen des Leo Baeck Instituts 18-1.) J. C. B. Mohr, Tübingen, 1969. 418 S. 3. The Jews of Austria, Essays on their Life, History and Destruction, Edited by Joseph Fraenkl, London, Valentine Mitchell, 2nd. edition 1970, pp. 585. 4. H. H. Ben-Sasson: Toldot am yisrael beyame habeynayim (The history of the Jewish people in the Middle Ages), Tel-Aviv, Dvir 1969, pp. 326.

Das Inventar der Sammlung von Terezín (Theresienstadt) 1941-1945

Author(s): Anita Franková,Anna Hyndráková / Language(s): German Issue: 2/1972

The article forms a unit with the previous one concerning the Jewish self-government in the Terezin concentration camp - ghetto. It contains abstracts from the inventory of the “Terezin“ archives collection kept in the State Jewish Museum. A list of names is added.

Notes bibliographiques

Author(s): Vladimir Sadek,Anita Franková,Anna Hyndráková / Language(s): English Issue: 2/1972

Reviews of: 1. Sándor Scheiber: Héber kódexmaradványok magyarországi kotéstáblákban. A közepkori magyar zsidóság konyvkultúrája. (Hebräische Kodexüberreste in ungarländischen Einbandstafeln. Die Buchkultur der ungarischen Juden im Mittelalter), Budapest 1969, pp. 415. 2. J. Heřman - M. Vilímková: Pražské synagógy (Prague’s Synagogues), Prague 1970, Odeon, pp. 62. 3. Miloslav Moulis: Neviditelná fronta (The Invisible Front) Praha, SPB, Documents Edition, Vol. 161, 1970, pp. 207. 4. Norbert Frýd: Lahvová pošta (Letters in Bottles) Cs. spisovatel, Praha, 1971, pp. 236.

Терезинские »Приказы дня« в качестве исторического источни

Author(s): Anita Franková,Anna Hyndráková / Language(s): Russian Issue: 1/1973

The authoresses deal with the daily commands (“Tagesbefehle“) issued by the representatives of the self-government (“Ältestenrat“) in the Terezin concentration camp - ghetto. They pay attention to daily commands issued in the period from December 15, 1941 to September 30, 1942, analyse them and come to the conclusion that they are an important source of information on the history of the Terezin ghetto. The daily command issued on April 23, 1942 serves as an example.

Die ältesten Thoramäntel aus der Textiliensammlung des Staatlichen Jüdischen Museums in Prag (1592-1750)

Author(s): Ludmila Kybalová / Language(s): German Issue: 1/1973

The paper deals with Torah mantles from the collections of the State Jewish Museum, above all the oldest ones dating from the years 1592-1750. The readers are informed about their provenance, makers, donors, ways of decoration, and dedicatory inscriptions.

Die Sammlung „Dokumente der Persekution“ im Staatlichen Jüdischen Museum in Prag

Author(s): Anita Franková,Anna Hyndráková / Language(s): German Issue: 1/1974

The article characterizes the archives collection of the “Documents of Persecution“ to be found in the State Jewish Museum. The collection consists of material concerning the Nazi racial persecution of Jews within the territory of the so-called Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Besides characterizing the collection and its contents, the authoresses also provide the readers with lists of place and personal names.

Katalog mit der Auswahl hebräischer Drucke Prager Provenienz. I. Teil: Drucke der Gersoniden im 16. und 17. Jahrhunder

Author(s): Bedřich Nosek / Language(s): German Issue: 1/1974

This is the first part of a catalogue of selected Hebrew prints of Prague provenance from the collections of the State Jewish Museum in Prague. The author deals with 16th and 17th cent. Hebrew books published in Prague by the Gersonides family and the history of their Hebrew printing house. Then there are lists of those who worked in the printing house in the 16th-17th centuries including proof-readers, editors and partners. The graphic decoration of the printed books is also discussed. At the end of the paper is a list of the 16th-17th cent. Gersonides’ prints of Prague provenance.

The Hebrew Historiography in Moravia at the 18th. Century - Abraham Trebitsch (around 1760 - 1840)

Author(s): Jiřina Šedinová / Language(s): English Issue: 1/1974

The paper is devoted to Abraham Trebitsch from Mikulov (i.e. Nikolsburg) and his chronicle “Qorot ha-cittim“. The authoress discusses the contents of the chronicle, methods of work and sources drawn on. Finally she evaluates the work from the literary point of view.

Thoraschilde aus den Werkstätten der Prager Silberschmiede in den Sammlungen des Staatlichen Jüdischen Museums

Author(s): Jana Doleželová / Language(s): German Issue: 1/1983

The article informs the readers about silver Torah shields commissioned by Jewish communities and made in Prague workshops. Shields of Prague provenance form about a quarter of the collection kept in the State Jewish Museum. The article includes a typological classification of the shields and studies their decoration and development of style. Added to the text are lists of the makers’ marks to be found on the shields made by Prague silversmiths in the 18th—19th centuries. Thus the readers learn how many shields were made in single workshops.

Résume

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Russian Issue: 2/1978

Summaries for Judaica Bohemiae 1978/2.

Communications de l’activité du Musée juif d’etat

Author(s): Vladimir Sadek / Language(s): English Issue: 1/1979

1. The Exhibition “Old Prague Hebrew Prints Dating from the 16th-18th Centuries“ 2. Modernization and Restoration of the Area of the State Jewish Museum in Prague

Résumé

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Russian Issue: 1/1979

Summaries for Judaica Bohemiae 1979/1.

Photographs

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): English,Russian Issue: 1/1979