Jewish Religious Community Graz Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Graz (Fond 709)
Extent and Medium
1 microfilm reel (partial), 16 mm
316 digital images, JPEG
Creator(s)
- Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Graz
Biographical History
Israelische Kulusgemaine (Graz)- The Jewish Religious Community in Graz was established in 1869. The community numbered of 250 members and during next year grow to 2,500 members in 1938. During 1908-1914 the community published the monthly “ Grazer Israelisher Gemeinebote” , and during 1926-1943, the bimonthly “Bulletin of the Graz Jewish Community”. The president of the community in the 1930s was R. Sonnewald. The community synagogue was destroyed during the Kristallnacht (November 9-10, 1938). In the middle of 1939 the entire Jewish population of Graz had emigrated.
Archival History
Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv
Acquisition
Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Source of acquisition is the Russian State Military Archive (Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv), Osobyi Archive, Fond 709. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 1993.
Scope and Content
The records of the entire Fond 709, 1871-1938 (45 Dela) features documents of the Jewish Religious Community of Graz and Jewish organizations. Including are minutes, correspondence, circulars, records on real estate and financial assets, community financial statements, a card files and lists of the community members, voter lists, questionnaires of individuals joining the committee for social security, articles on the history of community, catalog of books in the library of Rabbi S. Műsam and international bulletins. Includes also documents on aid to Jewish emigrants, reports from the Jewish communities in Augsburg and from various Jewish educational centers. The selected records include: Minutes, reports on teachers' incompetence in a Jewish school in Prague, and information on a variety of issues affecting the Jewish community in Graz. Note: USHMM Archives holds only selected records.
System of Arrangement
Fond 709 (1871-1938). Opis 1-2; Dela 45. Selected records arranged in one series: 1. Meeting reports by Graz (Austria) Jewish Community officials, 1931-1937. Note. Location of digital images; Partial microfilm reel #106: Image #702-1018.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv
People
- Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Graz
Corporate Bodies
- Jewish committees (ushmm)
Subjects
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- Europe--Politics and government--20th century.
- Jews--Persecution--Europe--History--20th century.
- Zionism and communism--Europe--20th century.
- Antisemitism--History--20th century.
- Austria--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Jewish organizations--Europe--History--20th century.
- Austria--Ethnic relations.
- Graz (Austria)
Genre
- Document
- Minutes.
- Reports.