Central archive for researching the history of the Jews in Germany

The central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany in Heidelberg was founded in 1987. It is an institution of the Central Council of Jews in Germany and is funded by the Federal Ministry of the Interior . The concept is based on that of the general archive of German Jews , which existed in Berlin from 1905 until it was taken over by the Reichssippenamt after the November pogrom in 1938 . The main concern is the storage and indexing of historically valuable documents from Jewish communities, Associations, institutions and individuals. The central archive has four employees and a magazine capacity of almost 2000 running meters .

Extensive overviews of the holdings and collections as well as numerous detailed lists and directories can be found on the website of the central archive.

Since the summer of 2021, the central archive has been located in the premises of the former Landfried tobacco factory in the Bergheim district . The current head is Ittai Joseph Tamari, who succeeded Peter Honigmann in 2016 . The central archive was officially opened on September 14, 2021.

literature

• Peter Honigmann : General Archives of German Jews. In: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture (EJGK). Volume 2: Co-Ha. Edited by Dan Diner . Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar, 2012, pp. 434–437 ( ISBN 978-3-476-02502-9 ). 
• Deborah Hertz: How Jews became Germans. The world of Jewish converts from the 17th to the 19th century . Campus, Frankfurt am Main 2010 (original title: How Jews became Germans , translated by Thomas Bertram), ISBN 978-3-593-39170-0 .

Web links

• Central archive for researching the history of the Jews in Germany
• Heidelberg: New central archive for the history of the Jews inaugurated. In: swr.de . September 14, 2021. 
• Moritz Küpper : Jewish Life in Germany - Interview with Karin Prien, CDU. In: Deutschlandfunk broadcast “Informations am Morgen”. September 14, 2021 (Interview with Karin Prien on the occasion of the opening of the Central Archives). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Joris Ufer: Jewish Central Archive has a new home in Landfried buildings. In: rnz.de . August 31, 2021, accessed September 14, 2021 . 
2. ↑ New central Jewish archive opened in Germany. In: orf.at . September 14, 2021, accessed September 14, 2021 . 

Coordinates: 49 ° 24 ′ 25 ″  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 31 ″  E