Magdeburg Jewish Community records

Identifier
irn508844
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.149
  • RG-14.034M
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1955
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn508844

Extent and Medium

2,942 digital images, JPEG

4 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Ju?dische Gemeinde Magdeburg

Archival History

Jüdische Gemeinde Magdeburg

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Magdeburg Jewish Community, Magdeburg, Germany. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Programs Divisions acquired the microfilm from the Magdeburg Jewish Community in Germany in June 2001. The United States Holocaust Museum Archives received the microfilm in Aug. 2001. The entire collection was digitized in 2016.

Scope and Content

Contains postwar correspondence, including with other Jewish communities; lists of Jews; private papers of Israel Hersch; membership lists of the Jewish community; and a card file, presumably made by the Gestapo, of Jews in the Neu Stassfurt forced labor camp; photographs of the aftermath of Kristallnacht; and family photos.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Jüdische Gemeinde Magdeburg

People

  • Hersch, Israel.

Subjects

  • Aschersleben (Germany)
  • Dessau (Halle, Germany)
  • Jewish communities (ushmm)
  • Jewish community centers--Germany--Magdeburg.
  • Magdeburg (Germany)
  • Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.

Genre

  • Document
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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