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Posen (now Poznań , Poland) Community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1598 / MF 696

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

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).

Related Material

For a published version of Edward Luft's manuscript on the Jews of Posen see Ref. DS 135 G4 P69 N3 1987

For more information about Posen see also the Edward Luft Collection AR 6957

For further issues of the Posener Heimatblaetter and Blaetter des Verbandes Jüdischer Heimatvereine see also y B334

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

Contact:
15 West 16th Street
New York NY 10011 United States