Archiv města Poděbrady

The fonds contains documents arising from the administration of the town of Poděbrady: deeds, official books, file material and accounting material. It also includes census sheets, important for the research of Jewish history. The following documents are relevant for the first half of the 19th century: files of the political department of the Poděbrady municipality office, group VIII. Judaism, tolerance patent (1826 -1850). Specific mentions of Jews can be found in the documents of individual groups (Group I. Regulations, circulars by the regional office and reports on them by the municipality office; III. Political investigation files, criminal issues, political settlements, interrogations of parties; IX. Business matters, insurance against fire, matters of trade, food tax, and fairs, XVI. Matters of the Poděbrady estate and other estates, auction decrees and notices.) Information on Jews can also be found in: Inv. no. 609 Jews - permission to build a Jewish synagogue in Poděbrady, census of Jewish inhabitants (1820); inv. no. I/2 lists of Jews (1827-1842); inv. no. I/15 Jewish affairs (1840-41); inv. no. III/16 thefts, orders to reside in the place domicile, escapes - reporting Jew Josef Štejner (1841-47). In general, documents on the history of Jews in the town can be found in the agenda concerning domicile, religion in trade or tax matters. From the second half of the 19th century, there are the following documents there: inv. no. 682 4/13 (J) School affairs - establishment of a Jewish school (1869-95); inv. no.10/3 synagogue and Jewish school, proposal for their demolition (1940-50); call no. 4/9 Cemetery matters - Jewish cemetery - list of buried Jews (1940-50); inv. no. 1139 4/13 Reports on Jews that they gather in busy places (1940-50); inv. no. 1170 call no. 7/2 and 7/6 - administration of Jewish property, Jewish flats for Germans (1938-50); inv. no.1175 7/5 property of Jews before 1838, seizure of Jewish flats, ban on visiting Aryan restaurants, work duties of Jews; inv. no. 1174 7/6 Reports about damage to Jews (1945-50) (alphabetically by individuals); inv. no. 1135 4/9 Jewish cemetery (1940-1950); inv. no. 1240 12/54 Jewish National Association - establishment of an old people's home for Jews in the Luxor Hotel (1940-50); inv. no. 1170 7/2 Josef Wiener - purchase of a synagogue by the town (1948); inv. no. 1170 7/2 administration of apartments, administration of Jewish property (1938-1950).

The fonds is divided into: I. Deeds, II. Official books, III. File material: a) registry finding aids b) general agenda files c) domicile right files d) police office files e) census, IV. Accounting material, V. Miscellaneous.