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Pinkas ha-kehilot Germanyah: entsiklopedyah shel ha-yishuvim ha-Yehudim
le-min hivasdam ve-'ad le-ahar Sho'at Milhemet ha-'olam ha-sheniyah:
Tzafon Ma'arav Germanyah
Edited by Daniel Fraenkel and Tamar Avraham.
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Published in Jerusalem 2007
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Edited by Daniel Fraenkel and Tamar Avraham
In collaboration with Herbert Obenaus and David Bankier
YAD VASHEM
The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority
Jerusalem 2007
| [Volume one- 13 Hebrew numbered, 7 Roman numbered, 587 regular Volume two- 7 Hebrew numbered, 32 Roman, pages 588-1125 regular] |
| Contents | Page |
| Table of Contents in Hebrew[1] | |
| List of communities according to States in Hebrew | |
| Credits for pictures and maps | |
| Foreword | 1 |
| Historical Introduction | |
| The Middle Ages and the Reformation (TA) | 3 |
| The Early Modern Period (TA) | 13 |
| From the Napoleonic Occupation to the Foundation of the Kaiserreich (DF) | 46 |
| The Kaiserreich (DF) | 63 |
| The Weimar Republic (DF) | 75 |
| Under the Nazi Rule (DF) | 81 |
| After the War (DF) | 108 |
| Bibliographic Abbreviations Used in the Historical Introduction | 112 |
| The communities and the acronyms of the authors | |
| Achim (A-CN) | 197 |
| Adelebsen (EiD) | 119 |
| Aerzen (BG) | 263 |
| Ahlden (SO) | 204 |
| Ahrensburg (RM) | 259 |
| AItona (TA) | 206 |
| Alfeld (NK-G, A-CN) | 235 |
| Aschendorf (HD) | 266 |
| Aumund-Vegesack (FS) | 142 |
| Aurich (HR) | 166 |
| Barenburg (NK-G) | 375 |
| Barntrup-Alverdissen (YO) | 380 |
| Barsinghausen (ML, A-CN) | 351 |
| Bassum(MB,ML,AL) | 317 |
| Bederkesa (JB) | 269 |
| Bentheim (DF) | 313 |
| Bergen an der Dumme (MB) | 342 |
| Bergen-Belsen (TR) | 343 |
| Berne (WV) | 378 |
| Birkenfeld an der Nahe (YO) | 305 |
| Bleckede (MB) | 311 |
| Blomberg (YO) | 307 |
| Bodenfelde-Uslar (DH) | 278 |
| Bodenteich (SO) | 276 |
| Bodenwerder (BG) | 274 |
| Boffzen(AM,A-CN) | 287 |
| Bosen (YO) | 282 |
| Bösingfeld (YO) | 296 |
| Bovenden (EiD) | 270 |
| Bremen (A-ED, DiF, HM) | 355 |
| Bremervörde (AB, JB, ML5 A-CN) | 372 |
| Bremke (EiD) | 369 |
| Brinkum (HM) | 354 |
| Bruchhausen (NK-G) | 349 |
| Brunswick (Braunschweig) (H-HE, NK-G) | 319 |
| Bückeburg (RR) | 299 |
| Bücken (CM) | 303 |
| Buer (NK-G, A-CN) | 289 |
| Bunde (DF) | 285 |
| Burg/Fehmarn (TA) | 291 |
| Burgdorf (A-CN, HO) | 292 |
| Celle (SO) | 939 |
| Cloppenburg (TA) | 974 |
| Coppenbrügge (BG) | 956 |
| Cuxhaven (FD) | 959 |
| Dankelshausen (GS) | 473 |
| Dannenberg (TA) | 471 |
| Dassel-Mackensen (RK) | 475 |
| Delmenhorst (WM) | 467 |
| Detmold (YO) | 450 |
| Diepenau (NK-G) | 465 |
| Diepholz (NK-G, A-CN) | 460 |
| Dornum (DF) | 446 |
| Dorum (JB) | 445 |
| Dransfeld (GS) | 478 |
| Duderstadt (H-HE) | 441 |
| Echte (UH) | 195 |
| Einbeck(PA,AB) | 184 |
| Eldagsen (TA) | 199 |
| Elmshorn (A-CN) | 229 |
| Elze-Mehle (WJ) | 238 |
| Emden (JL) | 241 |
| Esens (GR) | 177 |
| Flensburg (BP) | 907 |
| Förste (WJ) | 931 |
| Freren-Fürstenau (UH) | 933 |
| Friedrichstadt (DF) | 922 |
| Gandersheim, Bad (AQ) | 417 |
| Gehrden (NK-G, A-CN) | 420 |
| Gifhorn (SO) | 408 |
| Gleidingen (RK) | 412 |
| Glückstadt (TA) | 415 |
| Goslar (H-GL) | 384 |
| Göttingen (SO) | 388 |
| Grohnde-Ohsen (BG) | 427 |
| Gronau (AB) | 423 |
| Groß-Freden(AB,AL) | 434 |
| Groß Munzel (NK-G) | 432 |
| Groß-Rhüden (RK, AL) | 437 |
| Hagen (JB) | 481 |
| Hagenburg (DB) | 482 |
| Halle an der Weser (BG) | 524 |
| Hamburg (TA, ED: A-CN) | 531 |
| Hameln (BG) | 589 |
| Hanover (Hannover) (PS) | 596 |
| Harburg-Wilhelmsburg (DF, A-CN) | 632 |
| Hären an der Ems (DF) | 637 |
| Harpstedt (WM) | 641 |
| Harzburg, Bad (UH) | 643 |
| Haselünne (DF) | 504 |
| Hehlen (BG) | 528 |
| Helmstedt (SW) | 526 |
| Herrenhausen (RK) | 640 |
| Hildesheim (PA, TA) | 506 |
| Hitzacker (MB) | 522 |
| Hohenhausen (YO) | 485 |
| Holzminden (KIK) | 489 |
| Hoppstädten (YO) | 494 |
| Horn (YO) | 498 |
| Horneburg (JB) | 502 |
| Hoya (DF) | 486 |
| Idar-Oberstein (YO) | 181 |
| Imbshausen (WJ) | 192 |
| Jemgum (HR) | 745 |
| Jever (WM, HP) | 748 |
| Kiel (DF) | 963 |
| Lage/Lippe (YO) | 762 |
| Lauenau (NK-G, A-CN) | 757 |
| Lauenförde (DH) | 760 |
| Leer (DF) | 812 |
| Lemförde (NK-G, A-CN) | 809 |
| Lemgo (YO) | 803 |
| Lesum (JB) | 765 |
| Liebenau (NK-G) | 766 |
| Linden (RK) | 801 |
| Lingen (LR) | 797 |
| Lübeck (PG) | 768 |
| Lüchow (KK) | 788 |
| Lüneburg (RS) | 790 |
| Markoldendorf-Lüthorst (RK) | 839 |
| Meppen (TA) - | 835 |
| Mollenfelde (SO) | 820 |
| Montzberg (RK) | 826 |
| Moringen (TA) | 822 |
| Münden (J-DP) | 828 |
| Münder, Bad (AQ) | 838 |
| Neuenhaus (UH) | 843 |
| Neuhaus an der Oste (JB) | 841 |
| Neustadt/Rübenberge (NK-G, A-CN) | 847 |
| Neustadtgödens (WV) | 851 |
| Nienburg an der Weser (RS) | 877 |
| Nordenham-Brake (WV) | 867 |
| Norden-Norderney (DF) | 856 |
| Nordhorn (TA) | 853 |
| Nordstemmen (AB, MB, NK-G) | 870 |
| Nörten (WJ) | 884 |
| Northeim-Sudheim (TA, WJ, SO) | 871 |
| Oerlinghausen (YO) | 257 |
| Oldenburg (WM) | 130 |
| Osnabrück (TA, DF) | 152 |
| Osterholz-Scharmbeck (JB) | 144 |
| Osterode/Harz (TA) | 147 |
| Ottenstein (BG) | 124 |
| Otterndorf (JB) | 125 |
| Ottersberg (JB) | 126 |
| Ovelgönne (WM) | 164 |
| Papenburg (TA) | 914 |
| Pattensen (NK-G, AL) | 888 |
| Peine (SO) | 891 |
| Polle (BG) | 886 |
| Pyrmont, Bad (HRo) | 900 |
| Quakenbrück-Badbergen (DF) | 952 |
| Rehbarg (NK-G, A-CN) | 977 |
| Rendsburg (FD) | 983 |
| Rethem (SO) | 980 |
| Rössing (NK-G) | 986 |
| Rotenburg an der Wümme (JB) | 978 |
| Salzgitter (AB, MB) | 729 |
| Salzhemmendorf (BG) | 731 |
| Salzuflen-Schötmar, Bad (YO) | 721 |
| Sarstedt (RK, A-CN) | 737 |
| Schlangen (YO) | 1006 |
| Schnackenburg (MB) | 1011 |
| Schöningen (TA) | 1008 |
| Schwalenberg (YO) | 988 |
| Seesen (TA) | 707 |
| Segeberg, Bad (TA, DF, A-CN) | 693 |
| Sehnde-Bolzum (AB,MB,NK-G) | 735 |
| Sievershausen (EiD, RK) | 715 |
| Silixen (YO) | 717 |
| Sögel (NK-G, A-CN) | 700 |
| Sötern (YO) | 712 |
| Springe (RK, A-CN) | 1012 |
| Stade (JB) | 989 |
| Stadthagen (RK) | 1002 |
| Stadtoldendorf(RK) | 997 |
| Stolzenau (NK-G, A-CN) | 994 |
| Stotel (UH) | 993 |
| Sulingen (AB, NK-G) | 704 |
| Syke (UH) | 718 |
| Thedinghausert (AQ) | 740 |
| Twistringen (NK-G, A-CN) | 742 |
| Uchte (NK-G) | 128 |
| Uelzen (RB) | 190 |
| Uthlede (JB) | 122 |
| Varel (WV) | 927 |
| Varenholz (YO) | 930 |
| Vechta (NK-G, A-CN) | 903 |
| Verden (JB) | 919 |
| Wagenfeld (AL) | 646 |
| Walsrode (SH) | 678 |
| Wandsbek (TA, A-CN) | 682 |
| Weener (DF) | 688 |
| Wesermünde (UW) | 658 |
| Wildeshausen (WM) | 667 |
| Wilhelmshaven-Rüstringen (DF) | 670 |
| Winsen an der Luhe (MB, AL) | 675 |
| Wittmund (DF) | 664 |
| Wolfenbüttel (RB) | 648 |
| Wöllmarshausen (UR-U) | 677 |
| Wrisbergholzen (UH) | 692 |
| Wunstorf (NK-G, AL) | 653 |
| Zeven (JB) | 937 |
| Bibliography | 1017 |
| Abbreviations of archives and journals | 1025 |
| List of terms, organizations and institutions | 1026 |
| Index of Persons | 1027 |
| Index of Places | 1103 |
| List of communities according to States in English | IX |
| Foreword | XIII |
| English Summary of the Historical Introduction | XV |
| Authors: |
| Peter Aufgebauer (PA) |
| Tamar Avraham (TA) |
| Andrea Baumert (AB) |
| Jürgen Bohmbach (JB) |
| Dieter Brosius (DB) |
| Marlis Buchholz (MB) |
| Ralf Busch (Rß) |
| Frauke Dettmer (FD) |
| Eike Dietert (EiD) |
| Eliezer Domke (ED) |
| Anne E. Dünzelmann (A-ED) |
| Heike Düselder (HD) |
| Hans-Heinrich Ebeling (H-HE) |
| Daniel Fraenkel (DF) |
| Dieter Fricke (DiF) |
| Bernhard Gelderblom (BG) |
| Peter Guttkuhn (PG) |
| Uwe Hager (UH) |
| Stephan Heinemann (SH) |
| Detlev Herbst (DH) |
| Wilhelm Jürgens (WJ) |
| Klaus Kieckbusch (KlK) |
| Karl Kowalewski (KX) |
| Nancy Kratochwill-Gertich (NK-G) |
| Rüdiger Kroger (RK) |
| Horst-Günther Lange (H-GL) |
| Miriam Lappin (ML) |
| Alma Lessing (AL) |
| Jan Lokers (JL) |
| Werner Meiners (WM) |
| Ralf Mertens (RM) |
| Cord Meyer (CM) |
| Andreas Michelbrink (AM) |
| Hartmut Müller (HM) |
| Antje C. Naujoks (A-CN) |
| Herbert Obenaus (HO) |
| Sibylle Obenaus (SO) |
| Yltzchak Oron (YO) |
| Hartmut Peters (HP) |
| Johann Dietrich von Pezold (J-DP) |
| Bernd Philipsen (BP) |
| Anke Quast (AQ) |
| Thomas Rahe (TR) |
| Ludwig Remling (LR) |
| Herbert Reyer (HR) |
| Uta Richter-Uhlig (UR-U) |
| Rotraud Ries (RR) |
| Gerd Rokahr (GR) |
| Heinrich Rostmann (HRo) |
| Rainer Sabelleck (RS) |
| Gisela Schucht (GS) |
| Peter Schulze (PS) |
| Frank Stielow (FS) |
| Werner Vahlenkamp (WV) |
| Uwe Weiher (UW) |
| Susanne Weihmann (SW) |
| Language Editors: Tova Sarel and Esther Goldenberg |
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