Židovská náboženská obec Hradec Králové

  • Jewish Religious Community in Hradec Králové / NAD 454
Identifier
454
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1957
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • Czech
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

Textual material

0,12 linear meters

Creator(s)

  • Jewish Religious Community in Hradec Králové

Biographical History

This is the fonds of the Jewish Religious Community in Hradec Králové, but the files mainly relate to Nový Bydžov.Hradec Králové has been an important city since the Middle Ages. The first report on Jewish settlement dates back to the 14th century, when the Jewish Square and a plan are documented in the surviving documents. There was no synagogue or Jewish school at that time. In 1454 the Jews were expelled from the city. In 1651, Hradec had several Jewish inhabitants and their own rabbi (David Tachovský). In 1860, there was already a Jewish community with an elected board there. In 1877, a funeral fraternity was founded. As a result of internal disputes, the election of the board ceased to be elected in 1890. In the period 1890-1894, the municipality was administered by a committee. Afterwards, Bohumír Weiss was elected the mayor, and the election of the mayor lasted until 1933. In 1905, a synagogue was built in the city instead of the then prayer house.

Archival History

unknown

Scope and Content

The fonds contains mostly the correspondence of the rabbi with members of the Jewish community, lawyers and doctors. In addition to the correspondence, there is also archive material from the period of the Second World War, including the restitution issues of Jewish property. There is also the correspondence of the Jewish religious community in Kolín in the fonds. There are also documents about the first Czech Mutual Insurance Company. The fonds also includes Nazi documents as well as archive material concerning the purchase of the synagogue.

System of Arrangement

The fonds is not arranged.

Conditions Governing Access

accessible

Finding Aids

  • There are no finding aids.

Process Info

  • This archival description was created by the Jewish Museum in Prague in the framework of the cooperation between EHRI and the Yerusha project.

Corporate Bodies

  • Czech Mutual Insurance Company

Subjects

  • synagogue
  • Jewish property
  • Jewish religious community
  • correspondence of the rabbi
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.