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== Online Resources ==
=== Map of Switzerland  ===
*'''1940s''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20066/jewish-arrivals-in-switzerland?s=275764761 Jewish Arrivals in Switzerland] at MyHeritage - index ($)
*[https://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Switzerland/16754 Jewish Switzerland]
*[http://kunden.eye.ch/swissgen/SGFF/jahr01-d.pdf ''Jüdische Genealogie''] ''[Jewish Genealogy]''


== Jewish History in Switzerland  ==
*To view Switzerland at Google Maps, click [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=switzerland&hl=en&ll=46.815099,8.22876&spn=5.781687,10.83252&sll=40.776608,-111.920485&sspn=0.199928,0.338516&hnear=Switzerland&t=m&z=7 here].  
 
*For a Jewish population density map of Europe in 1900, click [[Jewish Population Maps|here]].
"The Jewish people had suffered discrimination in Christian Europe since time immemorial
and were repeated victims of persecution in many countries, including Switzerland. After the
Black Death in the mid-14th century, they were accused of being well-poisoners and suffered
pogrom-like persecution, were killed, forced to convert to Christianity or exiled. Prior to 1798
the Jewish community was tolerated in only two parts of Switzerland - Lengnau and
Endingen (the common lordship of Baden, today the canton of Aargau).


"Although the revolutionaries had granted civic equality to Jews in France as far back as
=== Jewish History in Switzerland ===
1791, neither the Helvetic Republic nor the newly minted Swiss Confederation could bring
themselves to do the same. Swiss Jews were considered as foreigners and the Swiss
Constitution of 1848 denied them the freedom of establishment, trade and worship. Thanks
to foreign pressure, particularly from France, the Jewish community in Switzerland was finally
granted unlimited civil rights in 1866, and a provision to this end was added to the Federal
Constitution of 1874."<ref>[https://www.eda.admin.ch/dam/PRS-Web/en/dokumente/der-bundesstaat-im-19-jahrhundert_EN.pdf]"The Jewish People," ''Switzerland in the 19th Century'', page 9.</ref>


*For more information on the history of Jews in Switzerland, read the [[wikipedia:History_of_the_Jews_in_Switzerland|Wikipedia article]].
*Read ''History of the Jews in Switzerland'', an article on Wikipedia.org, by clicking [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Switzerland here].
*For a Jewish population density map of Europe in 1900, click [[Jewish Population Maps|here]].
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==[[Switzerland Civil Registration]]==
=== [[Switzerland Civil Registration]] ===


Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths in Switzerland started as early as 1799, depending on canton. For more information, click [[Switzerland Civil Registration|here]].  
Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths in Switzerland started as early as 1799, depending on canton. For more information, click [[Switzerland Civil Registration|here]].  


===Jewish Arrivals In Switzerland, 1938-1945===
=== Jewish Arrivals In Switzerland, 1938-1945 ===
*'''1940s''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20066/jewish-arrivals-in-switzerland?s=275764761 Jewish Arrivals in Switzerland] at MyHeritage - index ($)
 
*Find an explanation of the database by clicking [http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/holocaust/0231_Swiss_arrivals.html here].
*Find an explanation of the database by clicking [http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/holocaust/0231_Swiss_arrivals.html here].
*The above is part of JewishGen's Holocaust Database. To search this database, click [http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust/ here].
*The above is part of JewishGen's Holocaust Database. To search this database, click [http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust/ here].


===Genealogical Periodicals===
=== Genealogical Periodicals ===
 
*A helpful periodical regarding Jews in Switzerland is <u>Maajan-Die Quelle </u>which can be seen at the Family History Library.<br>&nbsp;<br>'''Maajan-Die Quelle, Zeitschrift fuer Jüdische Familienforschung'''.<br>Organ der Schweizerischen Vereinigung für Jüdische Genealogie und der Hamburger Gesellschaft für Jüdische Genealogie E.V.<br>Periodical 1987-present.<br>&nbsp;<br>The call number at the Family History Library is 949.4&nbsp;D25m and their website is [http://www.svjg.org Schweizerische Vereinigung für Jüdische Genealogie].


*A helpful periodical regarding Jews in Switzerland is <u>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AMaajan Maajan-Die Quelle]</u> which can be seen at the FamilySearch Library.<br> <br>'''Maajan-Die Quelle, Zeitschrift fuer Jüdische Familienforschung'''.<br>Organ der Schweizerischen Vereinigung für Jüdische Genealogie und der Hamburger Gesellschaft für Jüdische Genealogie E.V.<br>Periodical 1987-present.<br> <br>The call number at the FamilySearch Library is 949.4 D25m and their website is [http://www.svjg.org Schweizerische Vereinigung für Jüdische Genealogie].
=== Facebook Research Community  ===


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*Get ideas and help with Swiss Genealogy [https://www.facebook.com/SwitzerlandGenealogy here].
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Map of Switzerland[edit | edit source]

  • To view Switzerland at Google Maps, click here.
  • For a Jewish population density map of Europe in 1900, click here.

Jewish History in Switzerland[edit | edit source]

  • Read History of the Jews in Switzerland, an article on Wikipedia.org, by clicking here.

JewishGen.org[edit source]

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Switzerland Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths in Switzerland started as early as 1799, depending on canton. For more information, click here.

Jewish Arrivals In Switzerland, 1938-1945[edit | edit source]

  • Find an explanation of the database by clicking here.
  • The above is part of JewishGen's Holocaust Database. To search this database, click here.

Genealogical Periodicals[edit | edit source]

  • A helpful periodical regarding Jews in Switzerland is Maajan-Die Quelle which can be seen at the Family History Library.
     
    Maajan-Die Quelle, Zeitschrift fuer Jüdische Familienforschung.
    Organ der Schweizerischen Vereinigung für Jüdische Genealogie und der Hamburger Gesellschaft für Jüdische Genealogie E.V.
    Periodical 1987-present.
     
    The call number at the Family History Library is 949.4 D25m and their website is Schweizerische Vereinigung für Jüdische Genealogie.

Facebook Research Community[edit | edit source]

  • Get ideas and help with Swiss Genealogy here.