Orte Schleswig-Holstein
Item
Country
DE
Name of institution (English)
Jewish Museum Rendsburg
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
deu
Contact information: postal address
Prinzessinstraße 7-8, 24768 Rendsburg
Contact information: phone number
0049 4331440430
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
service@landesmuseen.sh
Reference number
SH1
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Places in Schleswig-Holstein
Title (official language of the state)
Orte Schleswig-Holstein
Language of title
deu
Creator / accumulator
Jüdisches Museum Rendsburg
Date note
1707/ongoing
Language(s)
deu
Extent
approx. 4 linear metres
Type of material
Graphic Material
Photographic Images
Textual Material
Physical condition
Good
Scope and content
Collection SH1: Jewish life in individual locations in the German federal State of Schleswig-Holstein. It contains 63 sub-series, arranged by place, including Altona and Glückstadt.
SH1-1: Jews in the regions Südschleswig, Kappeln, Wyk auf Föhr, Sylt, Nordfriesland, and Husum. The material includes newspaper clippings, photos, notes about oral history interviews, and personal documents.
SH1-2: Jewish life in the regions of Schleswig, Nordschleswig, Kropp, Satrup, and Prinzenmoor, including newspaper clippings about Jews from the time of National Socialism, personal documents of Jews, photos of Jewish citizens and of tombstones of Jewish citizens as well as notes about oral history interviews.
SH1-3: Jewish life from the regions of Ahrensburg, Burg auf Fehmarn and Eutin, including copies of essays about Jewish history, photos, and plans of former locations of synagogues and congregation buildings destroyed by the National Socialists.
SH1-4: Jewish life in the regions of Harksheide, Heide, Itzehoe, Krempe, Lauenburg, Meldorf, Neumünster, Ricklig, and Hohenwestedt, including written documents, newspaper clippings, photos, and correspondence of Jews.
SH1-5: Jewish life in the regions of Neustadt in Holstein, Plön, Preetz, Segeberg, Ulzburg, and Wandsbek. It mainly contains notes about oral history interviews and photos.
SH1-6: Synagogue, cemetery, and remembrance in the city of Kiel. It contains internal correspondence of a local group involved in remembrance work, copies of Jewish calendars, photos, and newspaper clippings.
SH1-7: Jewish families in the city of Kiel in alphabetical order – families with surnames beginning A to H.
SH1-8: Jewish families in the city of Kiel in alphabetical order – families with surnames beginning J to Z.
SH1-9: Jewish life in the city of Lübeck. The collection is divided into four folders. Besides newspaper clippings and documents from the Jewish congregation of Lübeck the material contains special sections about the Lexandrowitz family, who partly emigrated to Shanghai in the years of National Socialism, and a set of original documents about the former Lübeck Rabbi Felix Carlebach.
SH1-10: Jews living in the town of Moisling, including material about the new synagogue, which opened in 1827, and copies of various essays about local Jewish history as well as newspaper clippings.
SH1-11: Jewish life in the town of Altona, including lists of Jews living in Altona, articles about the historical privileges of Jews in Altona, and the specific role of Sephardic Jews in Altona. The series also contains photos of local rabbis and synagogue buildings.
SH1-12: Jewish life in the town of Eckernförde, including 19th-century correspondence about the settling of Jews in the area and documents about National Socialist persecution.
SH1-13: Jews living in the town of Glückstadt with its unique Sephardic congregation. The file includes documents relating to their synagogue, lists of Jews living in Glückstadt, various copies of newspaper articles and essays, as well as photos of the synagogue.
SH1-14 and SH1-15: Alphabetical index of material available about Jewish citizens in the town of Flensburg.
SH1-16 to SH1-18: Jewish life in Flensburg.
SH1-19 and SH1-20: Jews living in Friedrichstadt.
SH1-21 to SH1-27: Jewish life on the island of Sylt.
SH1-28: Jewish life in Elmshorn.
SH1-29 to SH1-63 contain the Hauschildt-Staff collection, documenting Jewish life in the city of Kiel, including primary sources, interviews, Jewish publications, photos, and academic literature.
SH1-1: Jews in the regions Südschleswig, Kappeln, Wyk auf Föhr, Sylt, Nordfriesland, and Husum. The material includes newspaper clippings, photos, notes about oral history interviews, and personal documents.
SH1-2: Jewish life in the regions of Schleswig, Nordschleswig, Kropp, Satrup, and Prinzenmoor, including newspaper clippings about Jews from the time of National Socialism, personal documents of Jews, photos of Jewish citizens and of tombstones of Jewish citizens as well as notes about oral history interviews.
SH1-3: Jewish life from the regions of Ahrensburg, Burg auf Fehmarn and Eutin, including copies of essays about Jewish history, photos, and plans of former locations of synagogues and congregation buildings destroyed by the National Socialists.
SH1-4: Jewish life in the regions of Harksheide, Heide, Itzehoe, Krempe, Lauenburg, Meldorf, Neumünster, Ricklig, and Hohenwestedt, including written documents, newspaper clippings, photos, and correspondence of Jews.
SH1-5: Jewish life in the regions of Neustadt in Holstein, Plön, Preetz, Segeberg, Ulzburg, and Wandsbek. It mainly contains notes about oral history interviews and photos.
SH1-6: Synagogue, cemetery, and remembrance in the city of Kiel. It contains internal correspondence of a local group involved in remembrance work, copies of Jewish calendars, photos, and newspaper clippings.
SH1-7: Jewish families in the city of Kiel in alphabetical order – families with surnames beginning A to H.
SH1-8: Jewish families in the city of Kiel in alphabetical order – families with surnames beginning J to Z.
SH1-9: Jewish life in the city of Lübeck. The collection is divided into four folders. Besides newspaper clippings and documents from the Jewish congregation of Lübeck the material contains special sections about the Lexandrowitz family, who partly emigrated to Shanghai in the years of National Socialism, and a set of original documents about the former Lübeck Rabbi Felix Carlebach.
SH1-10: Jews living in the town of Moisling, including material about the new synagogue, which opened in 1827, and copies of various essays about local Jewish history as well as newspaper clippings.
SH1-11: Jewish life in the town of Altona, including lists of Jews living in Altona, articles about the historical privileges of Jews in Altona, and the specific role of Sephardic Jews in Altona. The series also contains photos of local rabbis and synagogue buildings.
SH1-12: Jewish life in the town of Eckernförde, including 19th-century correspondence about the settling of Jews in the area and documents about National Socialist persecution.
SH1-13: Jews living in the town of Glückstadt with its unique Sephardic congregation. The file includes documents relating to their synagogue, lists of Jews living in Glückstadt, various copies of newspaper articles and essays, as well as photos of the synagogue.
SH1-14 and SH1-15: Alphabetical index of material available about Jewish citizens in the town of Flensburg.
SH1-16 to SH1-18: Jewish life in Flensburg.
SH1-19 and SH1-20: Jews living in Friedrichstadt.
SH1-21 to SH1-27: Jewish life on the island of Sylt.
SH1-28: Jewish life in Elmshorn.
SH1-29 to SH1-63 contain the Hauschildt-Staff collection, documenting Jewish life in the city of Kiel, including primary sources, interviews, Jewish publications, photos, and academic literature.
Archival history
The material was collected and arranged by the Jewish Museum Rendsburg. Additional information on provenance is not yet available, it may however be found in physical copies in the collection.
Administrative / Biographical history
Due to a royal privilege, Jews have been allowed to settle in Rendsburg/Neuwerk since 1692. The pre-requisite for settlement was building or purchasing a house. If this pre-requisite was not met, Jews received restricted community rights.
In 1695, a Jewish cemetery was established south of the town, in Westerrönfeld. In 1732, the first synagogue was built in Prinzessinstraße, Rendsburg/Neuwerk, from which no architectural testaments have been handed down.
During the 1830s, a new Talmud-Torah school was established in Prinzessinstraße. Up until the present day, the school building has remained part of the Jewish Museum’s ensemble.
In 1844/5, the synagogue was built next to the school and has remained preserved until now. Back then, the Jewish community numbered some 300 members, more than ever since.
During the mid-19th century (in the Holstein region in 1863), Jews were to the greatest extent legally equalised with other citizens. The so-called emancipation of the Jews was, therefore, a ground-breaking cut in the history of the Jewish communities because it was also connected with the freedom of establishment. As a result, the Jewish community in Rendsburg became smaller and smaller during the course of the following decades.
In 1933, only 30 community members still lived in the town. The synagogue was desecrated during the Reichspogromnacht (Night of Broken Glass) and a bomb attack destroyed the so-called Torah Shrine. In the wake of Ayranisation, the synagogue was sold and then used for many decades as a fish smokehouse. In 1942, the Jewish Community in Rendsburg was eradicated after almost 250 years. There was a plan to deport the community leader, Julius Magnus. Before this, he and his wife committed suicide.
At the end of the 1970s, the public focus turned to the synagogue, which had been used as a fish smokehouse after it was sold. It was restored and became a historical architectural monument, supported by the town and state. A cultural centre was established there in 1985. Simultaneously, the Jewish Museum was founded in 1988.
In 2002, the Jewish Museum became part of the Schleswig-Holstein State Museums Foundation Schloss Gottorf. Since then, the house Prinzessinstraße 7 and 8 has been regarded as a historical architectural monument and memorial place for former Jewish life in the state.
In 1695, a Jewish cemetery was established south of the town, in Westerrönfeld. In 1732, the first synagogue was built in Prinzessinstraße, Rendsburg/Neuwerk, from which no architectural testaments have been handed down.
During the 1830s, a new Talmud-Torah school was established in Prinzessinstraße. Up until the present day, the school building has remained part of the Jewish Museum’s ensemble.
In 1844/5, the synagogue was built next to the school and has remained preserved until now. Back then, the Jewish community numbered some 300 members, more than ever since.
During the mid-19th century (in the Holstein region in 1863), Jews were to the greatest extent legally equalised with other citizens. The so-called emancipation of the Jews was, therefore, a ground-breaking cut in the history of the Jewish communities because it was also connected with the freedom of establishment. As a result, the Jewish community in Rendsburg became smaller and smaller during the course of the following decades.
In 1933, only 30 community members still lived in the town. The synagogue was desecrated during the Reichspogromnacht (Night of Broken Glass) and a bomb attack destroyed the so-called Torah Shrine. In the wake of Ayranisation, the synagogue was sold and then used for many decades as a fish smokehouse. In 1942, the Jewish Community in Rendsburg was eradicated after almost 250 years. There was a plan to deport the community leader, Julius Magnus. Before this, he and his wife committed suicide.
At the end of the 1970s, the public focus turned to the synagogue, which had been used as a fish smokehouse after it was sold. It was restored and became a historical architectural monument, supported by the town and state. A cultural centre was established there in 1985. Simultaneously, the Jewish Museum was founded in 1988.
In 2002, the Jewish Museum became part of the Schleswig-Holstein State Museums Foundation Schloss Gottorf. Since then, the house Prinzessinstraße 7 and 8 has been regarded as a historical architectural monument and memorial place for former Jewish life in the state.
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The material is arranged by subject as described in ‘Scope and Content’. Within the individual sub-folder, it is arranged chronologically.
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