Berlin, Germany
Coordinates: 52°31' N, 13°24' E
Thanks for all the contributions. Please keep sending them in!
Just Added:
From: "Barbara Algaze"
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016
Ancestry.com has databases for the following on their website:
Berlin Germany, Births, 1874 - 1899 (in German)
Berlin, Germany, Selected Marriages, 1874 - 1920 (in German)
Berlin, Germany, Selected Deaths, 1874 - 1920 (in German)
If you could find a document for your grandparents in one of these
databases, most probably it would include the religion of the individuals.
Most of them did.
You should also check out the Kehila Links page for Berlin at:
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/berlin/Home.html
It was beautifully created by Eli Rabinowitz
You also wrote that you are searching for information for your father from
1888 when he was born. But you did not write *where* he was born. It is
difficult to locate documents if you do not know where to look.
I hope this is helpful.
Barbara Algaze, Los Angeles, Calfornia
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Subject: Re: Berlin records 1880-1939
From: "Roger Lustig (GerSIG)" <GerSIG.Research@verizon.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 10:07:16 -0400
[A message in the JewishGen Discussion Group forum asked about
family registers in Berlin during the 1880-1939 period.]
Did the Berlin authorities maintain family registers? Yes.
Was one obligated to register with the police when moving, either
into/out of town or within? Yes.
Did the records survive the war? Well...
Most of them did not, it would seem. A set of registration cards,
primarily those that had been removed from the main file because the
people listed were no longer resident, has survived--in part. The place
to go is the Berlin State Archive:
http://www.landesarchiv-berlin.de/lab-neu/03_04.htm The archive
considers them confidential and fragile and doesn't allow direct public
access.
However, they do lookups, and there's an English-language form available
(see link at bottom of page). Ten Euros per name.
Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ USA research coordinator, GerSIG
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Remarkable HD Footage of Berlin from July 1945
Subject: German Jewish genealogy library in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia BOOK LIST
From: Beverley Davis <beverleydavis@netspace.net.au>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014
Way back in July 2007 I submitted the following information to the
German Jewish SIG. In recent weeks there have been messages listing
similar books, and I thought it timely to re-send my original email for
the benefit of our newer list members.
During the 27 years I worked as a volunteer secretary, archivist
genealogist, librarian and research officer for the Australian Jewish
Historical Society (Melbourne, Victoria), one of our members
had in 1990 visited his distant relative in Germany, the late
Gerhard Ballin, and was given a large collection of books specifically
relating to German Jewish genealogy.
Upon returning to Australia the member very kindly
donated the 31 books to the AJHSV library, and I have
listed them below.
Enquiries should be directed to the Honorary Secretary,
Australian Jewish Historical Society (Victoria)
P.O. Box 8420, Armadale, Victoria 3143, Australia.
email: <lizronjames@hotmail.com>
Hope this information is of help and interest to members of GerSIG.
Beverley Davis, OAM JP Melbourne, Australia beverleydavis@netspace.net.au
BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE GERHARD BALLIN OF GERMANY
(presented to the Australian Jewish Historical Society - Victoria Inc.
by Dr Bernhard Boulton, 10 December 1990)
1 Judische Friedhofe in NORDHESSEN. Eva Grulms & Bernd Kleibl 1984; illus
2 Warmaisa: 100 Jahre Juden in WORMS. Fritz Reuter; 1987; index; illus.
3 Samsonschule Wolfenbuttel (1786-1928). Ralf Busch; 1986; illus.
4 Judische Sammlungen in Deutschen Bibliotheken.
Jutta Bohnke-Kollwitz; 1981.
5 Die OLDENGURGer Judenschaft. Leo Trepp; 1973; index; illus.
6 Die Familie Goldschmidt - OLDENBURG. Gerhard Ballin; 1975; illus.
7 Geschichte der Juden in SEESEN. Gerhard Ballin; 1979; illus.
8 Die Geschichte der Juden in OSTERODE am Harz.
Gerhard Ballin; 1988; illus.
9 Wegweiser Durch das Judische BERLIN. 1987; index; illus.
10 Der Preussische Staat und Die Juden. (PRUSSIA)
Selma Stern; 1962; 2 vols; index.
11 Juden in Preussen: Ein Kapitel Deutscher Geschichte.
1981; index; illus. (PRUSSIA)
12 Juden in Preussen: Ein Biographisches Verzeichnis.
Ernst Lowenthal; 1981; illus. (PRUSSIA)
13 Gestern und Heute: Juden im Landkreis HANNOVER
Friedel Homeyer; 1984; illus.
14 Niedersachsische Juden. Nicolaus Heutger; 1978; illus.
NIEDERSACHSEN
15 Brunsvicensia Judaica. 1966; illus.
16 Neunhundert Jahre Geschichte der Juden in HESSEN. 1983.
17 Isaak Rothenberg: Die Geschichte einer Freundschaft.
Hermann Schwab; 1959; illus.
18 Die Juden in OSNABRUCK Karl Kuhling; 1983; illus.
19 Zur Geschichte der Juden in CELLE. 1974; illus.
20 Die Juden in VECHTA; Harald Schieckel - Das Schicksal der
Vechtaer Juden im Dritten Reich. Peter Sieve; 1988; illus.
21 Das Schicksal der Goslarer Juden 1933-45.
Hans Donald Cramer; 1986; illus.
22 Die Judische Namenwelt. Konrad Krause; 1943; index.
23 Vom Main Zum Jura. 1985; illus.
24 The Auerbach Family: descendants of Abraham Auerbach.
Siegfried M. Auerbach; 1957; index.
25 Bergen-Belsen 1945-1970. 1970; illus.
26 Juden in OLDENBURG 1930-1938. Dieter Goertz; 1988; illus.
27 Juden in KASSEL 1808-1933. Franz Rosenzweig; 1986; illus
(catalogue)
28 Namen und Schicksale der Juden Kassels 1933-45. 1980; index; llus.
29 Judsiche Mitburger in NORTHEIM Iris Vielberg; 1988; illus.
30 Dokumente zur Geschichte der Juden in HANNOVER M. Zuckermann; 1908
31 Die Judischen Einwohner Bovendens. Ralf Busch; 1971; illus.
Subject: Database of B'nai B'rith members in Berlin and other towns in Germany
From: Donna Levinsohn <dmlevinsohn@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014
I don't believe that anyone has posted before about www.genteam.at, so I thought I'd mention that although it's primarily devoted to Austrian
genealogy (both Jewish and non-Jewish), it has a searchable database entitled "Lodges" which includes members not only of various Masonic
lodges but also of B'nai B'rith (U.O.B.B.) lodges, and includes, in addition to B'nai B'rith lodges in Austria, lodges in Berlin and several other locations such as Hamburg.
The Berlin information appears to consist of all the members of each of the nine B'nai B'rith lodges that existed in Berlin in the 1920's, and seems all to be based on B'nai B'rith directories and address books from 1927-1928. In addition to names, the database usually includes the date each member first joined B'nai B'rith, and (sometimes) the person's occupation.
At least for the Deutsche Reichsloge No. 1 and the Berthold Auerbach lodges -- the two oldest of the Berlin lodges, formed in 1882 and 1883, respectively, with over 1000 members between them in 1928 (down from 1300 in 1922) -- the database also includes information on deceased members, dating all the way back to the lodges' formation, with dates of death. (I am reasonably certain that the data on
deceased members was also derived from late 1920's B'nai B'rith address books; for example, the 1928/29 B'nai B'rith address book, covering all of Germany, has a list of nearly 400 deceased members of the Berthold Auerbach lodge, with death dates ranging from April 4, 1884 to July 12, 1928.)
I was able to find my maternal grandfather, Ernst MOSEVIUS (who joined the Deutsche Reichsloge in 1920), his father (who had belonged to the same lodge and died in 1912), and more than a half-dozen other relatives -- my grandfather's cousins, uncles, etc., with surnames including JORDAN, MARCUSE, GOERITZ, and ABEL -- in the database.
The information in the databases on the "Johannis" lodges in Berlin and other locations -- the name used in Germany for Masonic lodges covering the first three degrees of masonry -- may also be useful, since at least some of those lodges had Jewish members, and I was able to find one relative listed.
If anyone believes they have a family member who was an officer of one of the Berlin B'nai B'rith lodges in the 1920's or early 1930's, please let me know and I will check for you: I have copies of publications listing all the officers of each of the 9 Berlin lodges for each of the five years from 1928/29 through 1932/33 (my grandfather was Protokoll-Sekr. of the Deutsche Reichsloge for the first two of those years, Vice-President for the next two, and President for the fifth year, as well as in 1933/34), as well as lists of the officers of the Deutsche Reichsloge and the Berthold Auerbach lodge for 1922/23, 1923/24, and 1925/26. I also have a copy of the deceased members list for the Berthold Auerbach lodge, referenced above.
Separately, if anyone had a family member who belonged to the Leo Baeck Lodge (No. 1531) of B'nai B'rith in New York City , they shouldalso let me know.
(The Leo Baeck Lodge in N.Y.C., not to be confused with the one in London, was intended as a United States version of the former German B'nai B'rith lodges, which were all shut down by the Nazis in 1937; it was founded in 1944 with a membership consisting of some 400 former B'nai B'rith members from Germany who had immigrated to the United States, and continued in existence until at least the mid-1970's.)
I have quite a bit of information on this lodge, including a copy of the Charter from 1944 with approximately 300 names; copies of photos of the board members in 1944, 1954, and 1964; and the names of all the Presidents and many of the other officers from 1944-1964 and 1970. (My grandfather was a charter member of the Leo Baeck Lodge, an officer for all or most of that period, and President for two terms; hence my interest.)
Donna Mosevius Levinsohn, New York City; dmlevinsohn@gmail.com
From Eli Rabinowitz, Perth:
Two Jewish Berlins, Divided by the Wall
With the fall of the Berlin Wall 25 years ago, the city’s two Jewish communities, invisible to one another for so long, suddenly came face-to-face.
FORWARD.COM
From: Edward David Luft
Good resources for researching available publications are the Library of Congress website at http://catalog.loc.gov/ and the Family History Library catalog at https://familysearch.org/catalog-search
The Leo Baeck Institute, New York City, has many holdings on the Jews of Berlin. See, for example, http://findingaids.cjh.org/?pID=147427#d1e131/,
Many of the Jews in Berlin had origins in Silesia and especially in Posen. A large number of these Jews were buried in Weissensee Cemetery. Some of the progenitors are listed in Luft, Edward David, The Naturalized Jews of the Grand Duchy of Posen in 1834 and 1835, Revised Edition, http://www.avotaynu.com/books/posen.htm
For a list of the dates of Jewish emancipation for the various states that became the German Empire and some other locations, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_emancipation
One useful resource is the list of Official Journals of the Prussian district governments, http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Amtsbl%C3%A4tter_der_preu%C3%9Fischen_Bezirksregierungen One of these is Berlin. Unfortunately, not all of the years are posted, such as the 1814 lists of Jews naturalized as a result of the 11 March 1812 Decree emancipating the Jews of Prussia, including those of Berlin. Posen Jews were not naturalized until after the Edict of 30 July 1833. Some of these lists are available at the Library of Congress, the Leo Baeck Institute in New York City, etc. or through the Mormons on microfilm. Search under the name of the province and then look under Jewish records.
For a copy of the 11 March 1812 Edict of Emancipation of the Jews (including those of Berlin), see http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3094006;view=1up;seq=431
One CD-Rom that is particularly rich in Berlin Jewish resources is Bibliographie zur deutsch-jüdischen Familienforschung und zur neueren Regional- und Lokalgeschichte der Juden (Bibliography on German-Jewish family research and on recent regional and local history of the Jews) by Angelika G. Ellmann-Krüger and Dietrich Ellmann, (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2006), ISBN 978-3-447-05447-8. See http://www.avotaynu.com/books/KruegerLuftReview.pdf but Avotaynu, Inc. no lnger sells CD-Roms. Order from Harrassowitz: http://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/title_1164.ahtml The CD-Rom is accessible in both German and in English.
For other potential resources on Berlin Jewish-related matters, see Edward David Luft's list of publications at https://sites.google.com/site/edwarddavidluftbibliography/
From: Phyllis Kramer
JewishGen has upgraded its website search facility, using a custom Google Search.
Now you can easily search all the text on all of JewishGen's web pages. This includes KehilaLinks, Special Interest Group (SIG) pages,
InfoFiles, Yizkor Books, ViewMate's archives, Communities pages, etc.
JewishGen's website search facility is available at:
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/Search.asp
From Alexander Watson, Lyon France:
The Z-LB archive
Here's the link and a tip: in the address of each volume :
you can change the year (http://digital.zlb.de/viewer/image/01405003X_1902/1/LOG_0003/) here
and the page (http://digital.zlb.de/viewer/image/01405003X_1902/1/LOG_0003/)
This technique takes a little while to get used to, but it's useful if the search engine gets a bit quirky!
More books from Barbara Algaze, LA.
Jüdisches Gemeindehaus Berlin: History of the Jews in Berlin (in German)
By Sellenthin, H.G.
Published by Max Lichtwitz, Berlin, Germany, 1959
Max Nussbaum: From Berlin to Hollywood: A Mid-Century Vision of Jewish Life
By Barth, Lewis M. ed. And Nussbaum, Ruth
Published by Joseph Simon/Pangloss Press, Malibu, California, 1994
Berlin Boxing Club [Children/Young Adult]
By Richard Sharenow
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2012
ISBN-13: 9780061579707, Age range: 13 - 17 Years
In the Garden of the Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin
By Erik Larson
Publisher, Crown Publishers, 2011
ISBN 0307408841; LC Class E748.D6 L37 2011
From: "Roger Lustig (GerSIG)" <GerSIG.Research@verizon.net>
Berlin vital records now on line [via Ancestry.com]
Ancestry.com now has Berlin marriage and death records for 1874-1920 and
birth records for 1874-1899. They're indexed by mother and child, and
the images are excellent.
Research Tip from Eli Rabinowitz, Perth, Australia:
Peter Nash’s story
http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibition/belongings/nash/
Research Tip from Eli Rabinowitz, Perth, Australia:
For books on a Jewish Berlin theme, search:
In Berlin: http://www.literaturhandlung.de email: berlin@literaturhandlung.de
Book Depository: http://www.bookdepository.com/search?searchTerm=jewish+berlin&search=Find+book
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=jewish+berlin
Research Tips from Barbara Algaze, Los Angeles CA:
A link to other Jewish cemeteries in Berlin: http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/berlin/berlin.html
Text, History, and Pictures from Berlin on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin
Research Tips from Alexander Watson, Lyon France:
1. The Z-LB archive is immediately accessible and there is an absolutely wonderful research staff there who will help you find what it is you are looking for by internet and give you concise but friendly information about where to seek help if they cannot do so. And all this for free. As access to LDS information is restricted to a list of microfilms that can be consulted if you send a form and pay, it seems to me that Z-LB works better, and should be more of a priority than LDS.
2. Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv Brandenburg/Berlin
Post-mortem Financial records for SOME Jewish residents of Berlin, giving vital record information and detailing the last of their possessions prior to their deportation along with information about offspring, etc.
Research Tips from Barbara Elkeles, Telgte, North Germany:
I would like to add a very helpful website:
http://geschichte.charite.de/verfolgte-aerzte/
In contains biographies of physicians of the Berlin Charité and the public
health sector of Berlin being victims of Nazi terror, most of them being
jewish.
There will also be a printed documentation.
The full title of the book Alice Marcus Solovy mentioned is: Jacob Jacobson:
Die Judenbürgerbücher der Stadt Berlin 1809-1851. Walter de Gruyter, 1962.
Das " Gedenkbuch" which is not restricted to Berlin, is online:
http://www.bundesarchiv.de/gedenkbuch
"Jüdisches Gedenkbuch für Grossberlin": there is not only the edition from
1931, but also one from 1929/30, online under:
http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Datei:Berlin-jued_AB_1929-30.jpg
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Research Tips from Jeanette R Rosenberg, London UK:
Look in the GerSIG list archives for information about using the Berlin address book.
Contact the correct Standesamt for B M & D certificates.
There is a nice correspondence chart to help chose the right one on the following website:
http://www.berlin.de/standesamt1/standesaemter/standesaemter_in_berlin.html
Research Tips from Barbara Algaze, Los Angeles CA:
1) Links to Berlin Standesamter
Researchers need to know about the Standesamter (courthouse) system in Berlin in order to know where (and how) to write for vital records for their relatives - see above.
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2) Links to Berlin resources:
the database of Jüdisches Gewerbebetriebe in Berlin 1930-1945 (Jewish Businesses in Berlin)
It is located at this website: http://www2.hu-berlin.de/djgb/www/find
3) GerSIG also has on their website a link to an article entitled: Basic Research Outline for German Genealogy; A Step by Step Guide for Americans of German Descent by Joe Beine, German Roots Webmaster. It is located at: http://www.germanroots.com/outline.html
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4) The Mormon Church Family History Library has a number of items in its catalog under Germany, Preußen, Brandenburg.
Search: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp.
They have a number of city directories of Berlin on microfilm for the years of 1799 through 1964 listed in their catalog:
https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1274?availability=Family%20History%20Library They are described as:
City directories of Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany. Includes sections for private dwellings (arranged by surname and by street address), businesses, public buildings, the ordering of streets according to official jurisdictions.
Issues are available on microfilm. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1960-1991
Berliner Adreßbuch
Format:
Serial
Language:
German
Publication:
Berlin : August Scherl, 1799-
Physical:
v.
Summary Contents:
Bestand: 1799, 1812, 1822-1823, 1827, 1831-1832, 1836, 1838, 1841, 1843, 1844, 1846-1847, 1855-1856, 1859, 1868-1869, 1873-1874, 1876-1878, 1880, 1881-1899, 1901-1903, 1905-1906, 1908, 1910-1923, 1925-1937, 1938 (nur 1. Bd.), 1939, 1941-1943, 1961 (nur 1. Bd.), 1963 (nur 3. Bd.), 1964 (nur 1. Bd.).
Numeric Designation:
Bd. 1 (1799?)-
In addition, the Berliner Address Books from 1799 through 1943 are also on line at: http://www.zlb.de/besondere-angebote/berliner-adressbuecher.html
5) The searchable Jewish Address Book for Greater Berlin of 1931 is also on line at several locations:
http://digital.zlb.de/viewer/image/1931001_1931/1/
http://www.archivauskunft.de/en/2014/03/jewish-address-book-greater-berlin-1931/
http://access.cjh.org/home.php?type=extid&term=482823#1
Title: Judisches Adressbuch fur Gross-Berlin : Ausgabe 1931 / mit einem
Vorwort von Hermann Simon. Author: Simon, Hermann, 1949-
Published:Berlin : Arani-Verlag, c1994.Subject: Jews --Germany --Berlin --Directorie
Jews --Germany --Berlin --History --Sources.
Berlin (Germany) --Directories.
Material: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 28 cm. Note: Reprint.
ISBN: 3760586538 System ID no: ACT-7858 Holdings: Judaica CALL NUMBER: DS135.G4 B4643 1994
6) The book "Gedenkbuch Berlins" is a list of ALL the Jews who were taken from Berlin to various concentration camps, and what their ultimate fate was. Barbara found MANY of her relatives in this book. It may be on line somewhere by now, a good resource for Jewish Genealogy Research in Berlin.
Title: Gedenkbuch Berlins : der jüdischen Opfer des Nationalsozialismus /
Freie Universität Berlin, Zentralinstitut für sozialwissenschaftliche
Forschung (Hrsg.)
Author: Freie Universität Berlin. Zentralinstitut für
Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung.
Published: Berlin : Druckhaus Hentrich, 1995.
Edition: 1. Aufl.
Subject: Jews --Germany --Berlin --Registers.
Jews --Germany --Berlin --History --Sources
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --Germany --Berlin.
Material: 1,453 p. ; 31 cm.
LC Card no:
ISBN: 3894681780
System ID no: ADS-9609
Holdings: LOCATION: Judaica + -- CALL NUMBER: DS135.G4 B438 1995
7) Check out the web site located at:
<http://www.hagalil.com/deutschland/berlin/gemeinde/roots.htm> Jewish Roots
in Berlin. It contains the names of libraries and archives where one might
find family records and documents, as well as how to contact them.
8) Jewish Gen Infofile: Genealogical Resources for German-Jewish Ancestry
By George E. Arnstein Ph.D. <arnstein@capaccess.org>
http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/de-1.txt
Posted on 2 November 1995
9) Link to the Jewish Gen German-Jewish searchable databases: http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/#Germany
10) 1939 German Minority Census
There was a census taken of all the "minorities" living in Germany in 1939; this included Gypsies, Jehovah's witnesses, and Jews. It's actually called the Non-Aryan Census. It was how Hitler got a list of all the aliens so he could round them up. This census was carried out throughout Nazi Germany in May, 1939. It is available, in its entirety, on several hundred FHL 16 mm microfilms. There are 130 microfilm records for Berlin which are arranged alphabetically by surname. The reels are organized geographically, and the FHL has a three-ring index binder, showing which reels correspond to which towns and cities, and in the larger cities, for which there are many reels, there is an alphabetical name breakdown.
The microfilms from Berlin are listed in the LDS Family Search website at:
https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/441446?availability=Family%20History%20Library
The film numbers go from: 1742147…..Aal, H. - Alexander, F. to 1742289…..Zickel, A. - Zytniecki, B.
The actual census forms are alphabetized according to the name of the head of the household, and there are many cross reference index cards to find people who were not the heads of the household. The information includes: Name, profession, date of birth, place of birth, current address, and the same data for all persons living in the same household, which could include, wife, children, in-laws, boarders, etc. The form bears the signature of the head of household.
The entire census is held at the United States Memorial Museum in Washington, DC and is also available through the LDS Family Search Library.
There is a book explaining the census and giving reference to the towns from where there are records:
The German minority census of 1939: an introduction and register
compiled by Thomas Kent Edlund
Author: Edlund, Thomas Kent (Main Author)
Teaneck, New Jersey : Avotaynu, c1996
viii, 56 p.
943 X22
Series: Avotaynu monograph series
Further advice from Barbara Algaze:
To obtain vital records (birth, marriage and death) from Berlin, you need to know in which district your relatives lived.
Then go to this website for a direct link to the correct office:
http://www.berlin.de/standesamt1/standesaemter/standesaemter_in_berlin.html
From there, you can contact them online or by telephone. Most German officials speak perfectly good English, so if you do not know German, you can write to them in English. You will probably have to give proof of his identity as there is a 100 year privacy rule on most family documents from Germany.
Please note, for births during the Nazi era, the first name on birth certificates may have been changed; to “Israel” for males and to “Sara” for females
Research Tips from Edward David Luft, Washington D.C.
I have written 4 articles on Berlin research. Avotaynu is available at http://www.avotaynu.com/journal.htm or at a large number of public and university libraries around the world.
Luft, Edward David, in collaboration with Ellmann-Krüger, Angelika, “Civil Vital Records for Berlin Jews Discovered in the Potsdam Archives,” Avotaynu: The International Review of Jewish Genealogy, Teaneck, New Jersey, Volume XIII, Number 2, Summer 1997, pp. 41-42.
Luft, Edward David, “An Update: Civil Vital Records for Berlin Jews in the Potsdam Archives,” Stammbaum: The Journal of German-Jewish Genealogical Research, New York: Leo Baeck Institute, Issue 12, November 1997, pp. 25-27. That article is available in full-text at <http://www.lbi.org/publications/periodicals/stammbaum/>, select Issue 12 and scroll down to page 25.
Luft, Edward David, “How to Determine from Where and When An Ancestor Moved to Berlin,” Avotaynu: The International Review of Jewish Genealogy, Teaneck, New Jersey, Volume XVII, Number 4, Winter 2001, pp. 20-22.
Luft, Edward David, “Where to Find Clues as to How Early Your Ancestors Were in Berlin,” Stammbaum: The Journal of German-Jewish Genealogical Research, New York: Leo Baeck Institute, Issue 20, Winter 2002, pp. 17-19. That article is available in full-text at <http://www.lbi.org/publications/periodicals/stammbaum/>, select Issue 20 and scroll down to page 17.
Research Tips from Janet Furba, Germany:
Berlin Jewish places by Marina Pavlova
http://marina-pavlova.livejournal.com/119187.html
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/10/11/germany-photos-of-berlins-jewish-sites/
Photos of Jewish places in Berlin at museumoffamilyhistory - Steve Lasky
http://www.museumoffamilyhistory.com
Ulrich Eckhardt, Andreas Nachama Judische Orte in Berlin
http://www.amazon.co.uk/J%C3%BCdische-Orte-Berlin-Maria-Thal/dp/3894791659
Berlin Jewish journey 2009
http://guyshachar.com/content/blog/2009/berlin-jewish-journey-presentation/
Berlin Jewish cemetery
http://www.berlin.de/ba-pankow/verwaltung/aun/jfschoenhauser.html
Der Friedhof wird nicht vom Bezirksamt Pankow, sondern von der Jüdischen Gemeinde Berlin verwaltet. Kontakt: Jüdischer Friedhof Weißensee, Herbert-Baum-Str. 45, 13088 Berlin, Tel.: 030 925 3330, Fax: 030 9237-6296.
Research Tip from Toby Bird, NYC:
My family is from Lithuania. I have no connection to Berlin, but there are many books to recommend. I'm just about to start What I Saw: Reports from Berlin 1920-1933 by Joseph Roth with an introduction by Michael Hofmann. It's a compilation of Roth's newspaper columns, organized by subject. For example, Part II consists of 4 columns on the Jewish Quarter. Many photos. From front cover, a quote from Cynthia Ozick: "[Roth] captures and encapsulates Europe in those uncertain hours before the upheaval of a continent and the annihilation of a civilization."
I'm reading it to post a review on my blog. If you type Berlin in the search box a number of others I've already reviewed will come up.
Blog: http://compellingjewishstories.blogspot.com/
Research Tip from Alice Marcus Solovy, Highland Park, Illinois:
I found a very helpful resource--"Der Judenburgerbucher der Stadt Berlin" which also has dates in the title. Unfortunately, I can't remember the dates, but the start of the title should help find it. I was able to get it on an interlibrary loan several years ago. It lists the early citizens of Berlin. I had ancestors in the book. John Henry Richter had worked on it. He was an expert on Berlin Jewish genealogy and later was a librarian at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. We both wrote for "SEARCH," the journal of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Illinois. If any of his papers survive, they would be a great resource. You might check with the Jewish History Center of New York, which includes the archives of the LeoBaeck Institute, and even the University of Michigan.
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Goethe University
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Leo Baeck Institute: http://www.lbi.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Baeck_Institute
Leo Baeck Institute is devoted to the history and culture of German-speaking Jews. Part of an international network with additional centers in London and Jerusalem, LBI – New York | Berlin documents and engages this legacy through its library and archival collections and public programs.
More on the Leon Baeck Institute: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Baeck_Institute,_New_York
The Leo Baeck Institute is a founding member of the Center for Jewish History and a research library and archive in New York that contains the most significant collection of source material relating to the history of German-speaking Jewry, from its origins to Holocaust History, and continuing to the present day
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