Bremen; Jewish Community Collection

Folder 1 contains an eclectic collection of short documents pertaining to the city of Bremen and its Jewish community from the 18th century to the Holocaust. Of special interest are an issue of ‘Bremer wöchentliche Nachrichten’ from Jan. 14, 1743; transcripts of historic documents from the 19th century; and records from the Jewish community before 1933. Also included in folder 1 are copies of ‘Juedisches Gemeindeblatt [Bremen], 1930-1935. All items in folder 1 are individually described in German language index cards.

Folder 3 holds the copy of a list with the names of 574 Jews (constituting half of the Jewish population living in Bremen in 1933), who were killed during the Nazi regime.

Folders 2, 4 and five contain correspondence and clippings pertaining to Elfriede Bannas and her efforts 1992-1995 on behalf of a Holocaust memorial in Bremen and the restitution of expropriated books.