The Board of Directors of the Jewish Congregation in Szczecin Vorstand der Synagogen-Gemeinde Stettin (Fond 726)
Extent and Medium
1 microfilm reel (partial), 16 mm
540 digital images, JPEG
Creator(s)
- Vorstand der Synagogen-Gemeinde (Stettin)
Biographical History
Vorstand der Synagogen-Gemainde (Stettin)-Board of the Synagogue Community (Szczecin) The Jewish religious community of Stettin was established in 1816, it remained the largest Jewish community (approximately 2,000 persons) in Pomerania right up until the start of the World War Second. During the Holocaust the overwhelming majority of Jews were deported to German death camps.
Archival History
Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv
Acquisition
Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Source of acquisition is the Russian State Military Archive (Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv), Osobyi Archive, Fond 726. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 1993.
Scope and Content
Archival records of the synagogue in Stettin (Szczecin, Poland) and the history of Jews in the region from 1906 to 1937: it consists of a bulletin and various documents of the "Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland" regarding the need to better organize statistics on Jewish organizations; correspondence, statistics and clippings on the emigration of Jews from Szczecin (Stettin). Note: USHMM Archives holds only selected records.
System of Arrangement
Fond 726 (1828-1938). Opis 1-2; Delo 1-27. Selected records: Fond 726, Opis 1, delo 4, Opis 2, del0 3, 5 [3 Folders], arranged in three series: 1. List of Jewish community members, and other documents, as announcements and instructions, etc.; 2. Bulletin, correspondence and various documents on the Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland (1937); 3. Statistics and clippings on emigration of Jews (1928-1937) Note: Location of digital images; Partial microfilm reel #103: Image #857-1406.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv
People
- Vorstand der Synagogen-Gemeinde (Stettin)
Subjects
- Emigration and immigration--Jews--Germany--20th century.
- Synagogues--Poland--Szczecin--History--20th century.
- Jews--Poland--Szczecin--History--20th century.
- Germany--Politics and government--1918-1945.
- Szczecin (Poland)
Genre
- Registers.
- Statistics.
- Correspondence.
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Bulletins.
- Document