Porges von Portheim Collection
Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 277
Abstract
Handwritten memoir (photocopy) by Moses Porges and his description of Jakob Frank's "court”, as well as typed transcripts and related correspondence.
Dates
- 1959 - 1970
Language of Materials
This collection is in German.
Biographical / Historical
Moses Porges was born in Prague in 1781. The Porges family became followers of the Jewish religious leader Jacob Frank (1726-1791).
Extent
2 Folders
Other Finding Aids
Hebrew language summary in folder 1.
Separated Materials
Duplicate copies of letters and Israeli newspaper clippings have been removed.
- Archival materials
- Biographical sources
- Correspondence
- Frank, Eve, 1754-1816
- Frank, Jacob
- Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
- Frankists
- Jerusalem
- Jewish families
- Jews -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- History
- Manuscripts (documents)
- New York (N.Y.)
- Offenbach am Main (Germany)
- Porges von Portheim family
- Porges von Portheim, Leopold, 1785-1869
- Porges von Portheim, Moses, 1781-1870
- Prague (Czech Republic)
- Scholem, Gershom, 1897-1982
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
