Posen (now Poznań , Poland) Community Collection
Scope and Content Note
Folder 1 contains a photocopy and transcript of a letter concerning the establishment of a physician in Posen (9/4/1937), Blaetter des Verbandes juedischer Heimatvereine No. 11/7 (July 1937) with article about the old market and the Jewish cemetery in Posen, program of the inauguration of the Jewish hospital in Posen (6/18/1895), regulations concerning the Jewish cemetery in Posen (10/1/1902), envelope of the Verband der Deutschen Juden in Berlin addressed to Rabbi Bloch in Posen with photo of the old Taharah house 1598 in the old Jewish cemetery on Theaterstrasse (n.d.), regulations concerning the "Repraesentanten-Versammlungen der israelitischen Corporationen" in Posen (7/1/1834), pamphlet "Aufruf" of the Central-Verein zur Begruendung der Colonisation der Juden in der Provinz Posen (4/7/1846), Amtsblatt der Koeniglichen Regierung zu Posen with police order regarding Jewish funerals, newspaper clipping and letter concerning C. C. Aronsfeld's "Memories of a Posen Childhood" by Margarete Jacoby-Orgler and Gustav Jacoby (1980), manuscript "Die Abwanderung der Juden aus der Provinz Posen - Denkschrift im Auftrage des Verbandes der Deutschen Juden" by Bernhard Breslauer (1909).
Folder 2 contains a letter by Edward Luft to Fred Grubel regarding his manuscript "The Naturalized Jews of the Grand Duchy of Posen in 1834 and 1835", manuscript "The Naturalized Jews of the Grand Duchy of Posen in 1834 and 1835" by Edward Luft, photocopy of "Die Zukunft" by Maximilian Harden with article "Die Juden in Posen" by Karl Kassel (1908), photocopy of unidentified document (1839)
Folder 3 contains xeroxes of geneological information complied by Kazimierz Flatau
OVERSIZE MATERIAL: OS 78 contains [OS 78]: Posener Zeitung No. 199 (8/27/1867), No. 200 (8/29/1867), No. 201 (8/29/1867) with article "Die Juedische Bevoelkerung in Posen on pages 2-3, Ostdeutsche Zeitung No. 9131 (11/19/1865), poem in Hebrew and German for Moses Montefiore (1846)
Dates
- Creation: 1834-1987
Creator
- Posen Jewish community (Organization)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, Hebrew and English.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Folder 2 is not available online because it contains copyrighted material.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Extent
3 Folders (1 oversize folder)
Abstract
Folder 1 contains a photocopy and transcript of a letter concerning the establishment of a physician in Posen (9/4/1937), Blaetter des Verbandes juedischer Heimatvereine No. 11/7 (July 1937) with article about the old market and the Jewish cemetery in Posen, program of the inauguration of the Jewish hospital in Posen (6/18/1895), regulations concerning the Jewish cemetery in Posen (10/1/1902), envelope of the Verband der Deutschen Juden in Berlin addressed to Rabbi Bloch in Posen with photo of the old Taharah house 1598 in the old Jewish cemetery on Theaterstrasse (n.d.), regulations concerning the "Repraesentanten-Versammlungen der israelitischen Corporationen" in Posen (7/1/1834), pamphlet "Aufruf" of the Central-Verein zur Begruendung der Colonisation der Juden in der Provinz Posen (4/7/1846), Amtsblatt der Koeniglichen Regierung zu Posen with police order regarding Jewish funerals, newspaper clipping and letter concerning C. C. Aronsfeld's "Memories of a Posen Childhood" by Margarete Jacoby-Orgler and Gustav Jacoby (1980), manuscript "Die Abwanderung der Juden aus der Provinz Posen - Denkschrift im Auftrage des Verbandes der Deutschen Juden" by Bernhard Breslauer (1909).
Subject
- Flatau, Kasimierz (Person)
- Luft, Edward David (Person)
- Harden, Maximilian, 1861-1927 (Person)
- Breslauer, Bernhard (Person)
- Jacoby-Orgler, Margarete (Person)
- Montefiore, Moses, Sir, 1784-1885 (Person)
- Kirchner, Heinrich (Person)
- Jacoby, Gustav (Person)
- Verband der Deutschen Juden (Germany) (Organization)
- Verband Jüdischer Heimatvereine. (Organization)
- Centralverein zur Begründung der Colonisation der Juden in der Provinz Posen (Organization)
- Posen Jewish community (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
Uniform Title
- Title
- Guide to the Posen (now Poznań , Poland) Community Collection, 1834-1987 AR 1598 / MF 696
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2014
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository