Aaron Isaac
Aaron Isaak ( Aaron Isaac , Aron Isak ; Hebrew form of name after the epitaph: ר 'אהרן ב'ר יצחק מבריצן; * September 16, 1730 in Treuenbrietzen , Brandenburg ; † October 21, 1816 in Stockholm , Sweden ) was the founder of the Jewish community in Stockholm and the first Jew who settled in Sweden without converting to the Lutheran Church.
As the son of a merchant from Treuenbrietzen, he settled in the then university town of Bützow in the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , where he worked as an assistant to the engraver and as a trader. From a Swedish officer he learned that there was a shortage of craftsmen of this kind in Sweden. That is why he came to Sweden in 1774 and settled there with his wife and child. In 1779 the Reichstag gave the Jews permission to build a synagogue in Stockholm and at most three other cities .
As an engraver , Aaron Isaak became an army supplier for the war with Russia in 1788, and in 1789 also a purveyor to the court.
literature
- Memories of Aron Isak 1730-1817 , edited and introduced by Z. Holm
- Memoirs of Aaron Isaak , text version and introduction by Bettina Simon
Web links
- Literature by and about Aaron Isaak in the catalog of the German National Library
- Jewish Museum in Stockholm ( Memento from October 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
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| SURNAME | Isaac, Aaron |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aaron Isaac; Aron Isak |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Founder of the Jewish community in Stockholm |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1730 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Treuenbrietzen , Brandenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 21, 1816 |
| Place of death | Stockholm , Sweden |