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Collection of documents regarding the history of the Jewish Community of Schweinfurt, Germany, mostly concerning the Nazi times, compiled by Dr. Max Koehler, former rabbi in Schweinfurt, Bavaria

Collection of documents regarding the history of the Jewish Community of Schweinfurt, Germany, mostly concerning the Nazi times, compiled by Dr. Max Koehler, former rabbi in Schweinfurt, Bavaria Max Koehler, born in Kassel, Germany, in 1899, orthodox district rabbi of Borken, Westphalia, then of Schweinfurt, Bavaria, imprisoned in Dachau in 1938, emigrated to Great Britain in 1939, then to Israel in 1984. 1. Original print of a decree of the city of Schweinfurt from 1716, which regulates the business relations between Christians and Jews (the settlement of Jews was forbidden in this time). 2. Correspondence of Dr. Max Koehler, regarding the collecting of documents about the Jewish community of Schweinfurt 3. Lists of members of the Schweinfurt Jewish Community between 1938 and 1942. 4. Handwritten list of documents regarding the Jewish community of Schweinfurt from 1840 - 1938. 5. Newspaper articles by Dr. Max Koehler. 6. Acts of reparation according to the restitution law concerning members of the former Jewish community of Schweinfurt. 7. Publications: The deportation of Jewish citizens of the district of Hassberge and the city of Schweinfurt. Book keeping of deaths. The " final solution of the Jewish question" in the former Gau Mainfranken. Publications of the Schweinfurt Historical Society, Issues 8 and 10
item Id
13867398
Type of material
Bibliography
Brochure
Legal documentation
Letter(s)
List of Jewish community members
List of Jewish homeowners
List of Jewish residents
Newspaper clippings
File Number
1245
Language
English
German
Record Group
O.8 - Germany Collection
Date of Creation - earliest
17/08/1916
Date of Creation - latest
07/04/1987
Original
Partially
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection