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*To view present-day Germany at Google Maps, click [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=germany&hl=en&sll=49.816721,15.46875&sspn=6.3812,16.907959&hnear=Germany&t=m&z=6 here]. | *To view present-day Germany at Google Maps, click [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=germany&hl=en&sll=49.816721,15.46875&sspn=6.3812,16.907959&hnear=Germany&t=m&z=6 here]. | ||
*For a Jewish population density map of Europe in 1900, click [[Jewish Population Maps|here]]. | *For a Jewish population density map of Europe in 1900, click [[Jewish Population Maps|here]]. | ||
=== Historical Background === | === Historical Background === | ||
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== Research Strategies == | == Research Strategies == | ||
=== The JewishGen Germany Database === | === The JewishGen Germany Database === | ||
More than 400,000 records for Germany, from a variety of sources, including: citizenship records, vital records, cemetery data, survivor lists, and Holocaust sources. ''Requires free registration.'' To search, click [http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/#Germany '''JewishGen Germany Database''']. | More than 400,000 records for Germany, from a variety of sources, including: citizenship records, vital records, cemetery data, survivor lists, and Holocaust sources. ''Requires free registration.'' To search, click [http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/#Germany '''JewishGen Germany Database''']. | ||
{{Template:JewishGen Family Finder}} | |||
A gazetteer of places, sources and indexes can be found at: | |||
*[https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/LocTown.asp '''JewishGen Gazetteer''']. | |||
=== Facebook Research Community === | === Facebook Research Community === | ||
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[[Image:250px-Nurembergsynagoguec Germany.jpg|right|250x182px|250px-Nurembergsynagoguec Germany.jpg]] | [[Image:250px-Nurembergsynagoguec Germany.jpg|right|250x182px|250px-Nurembergsynagoguec Germany.jpg]] | ||
Jewish records Jüdische Urkunden include records of Jews or Jewish congregations. The Family History Library has over 2,000 microfilms of German Jewish vital records that list births, marriages, and deaths. These vital records are an excellent source for accurate information about Jewish ancestors. | === Family History Library holdings === | ||
Jewish records ''Jüdische Urkunden'' include records of Jews or Jewish congregations. The Family History Library has over 2,000 microfilms of German Jewish vital records that list births, marriages, and deaths. These vital records are an excellent source for accurate information about Jewish ancestors. | |||
The Family History Library also has other types of Jewish records, including synagogue records, records of Jewish taxpayers, Holocaust victims, and censuses. | The Family History Library also has other types of Jewish records, including synagogue records, records of Jewish taxpayers, Holocaust victims, and censuses. | ||
=== Resources === | === Resources === | ||
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=== Holocaust Records === | === Holocaust Records === | ||
Most of the Jewish population of Germany either | Most of the Jewish population of Germany either emigrated or was killed during the atrocities of World War II. Below is a source containing a list of about 130,000 people from West Germany and Berlin, who died in the Holocaust, their birth and death dates, their places of residence before deportation, and the camps to which they were sent: | ||
''Gedenkbuch: Opfer der Verfolgung der Judenunter der nationalsozialistischen Gewaltherrschaft in Deutschland, 1933-1945 (Memorial book for the victims of Jewish persecution during Nazi despotism, 1933-1945).'' Two Volumes. Koblenz, Germany: Bundesarchiv, 1986. (FHL bookQ 943 V4g.) | ''Gedenkbuch: Opfer der Verfolgung der Judenunter der nationalsozialistischen Gewaltherrschaft in Deutschland, 1933-1945 (Memorial book for the victims of Jewish persecution during Nazi despotism, 1933-1945).'' Two Volumes. Koblenz, Germany: Bundesarchiv, 1986. (FHL bookQ 943 V4g.) | ||
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Records created before 1876 may be kept at the respective county or state archive. | Records created before 1876 may be kept at the respective county or state archive. | ||
The [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search FamilySearch Catalog] may have some Germany civil | The [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search FamilySearch Catalog] may have some Germany civil registration. | ||
*[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/105476 Juden und Dissidenten-Register, 1812-1874] (Register of Jewish births, marriages, deaths, and indexes for Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany) | *[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/105476 Juden und Dissidenten-Register, 1812-1874] (Register of Jewish births, marriages, deaths, and indexes for Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany) | ||
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=== Prussian Poland and the former East Germany === | === Prussian Poland and the former East Germany === | ||
Gatermann films (see below under Baden, etc.) for these regions are kept at the Saxon State Archive in Leipzig, and | Gatermann films (see below under Baden, etc.) for these regions are kept at the Saxon State Archive in Leipzig, and are available through familysearch.org. | ||
=== Baden, | === Baden, Württemberg, and Hohenzollern === | ||
Until their on-line publication in March 2009, the Landesarchiv Baden- | Until their on-line publication in March 2009, the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg's collection of microfilmed images of Jewish records could only be viewed on microfilm at the State Archive in Stuttgart. The collection includes birth, marriage, and death registers, family books, and other lists, mostly from the 19th Century. This collection, part of the "Gatermann films", complements the records available at the Family History Library and elsewhere for this area. | ||
The Gatermann films: During the Nazi Era, Jewish communities all over Germany were required to give up their records to government authorities. This included births, marriages, deaths, circumcision records, cemetery registers, and membership lists. The collected material was microfilmed in 1943-1945 in different sets. The original records are now presumed lost, but the films survived the War and eventually ended up in different archives. The Central Office for Genealogy in Leipzig has films from Prussian Poland and the former East Germany, and the Landesarchiv Baden-Wuerttemberg in Stuttgart has those for the area now called Baden-Württemberg. Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony also hold regional collections of these films. Those from Hesse (mostly the former Hesse-Kassel) are on line, and the post-1824 Hesse-Kassel records are indexed as part of the JewishGen Germany Database. | The Gatermann films: During the Nazi Era, Jewish communities all over Germany were required to give up their records to government authorities. This included births, marriages, deaths, circumcision records, cemetery registers, and membership lists. The collected material was microfilmed in 1943-1945 in different sets. The original records are now presumed lost, but the films survived the War and eventually ended up in different archives. The Central Office for Genealogy in Leipzig has films from Prussian Poland and the former East Germany, and the Landesarchiv Baden-Wuerttemberg in Stuttgart has those for the area now called Baden-Württemberg. Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony also hold regional collections of these films. Those from Hesse (mostly the former Hesse-Kassel) are on line, and the post-1824 Hesse-Kassel records are indexed as part of the JewishGen Germany Database. | ||
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The alphabetical listing by town name is available at [https://www2.landesarchiv-bw.de/ofs21/olf/struktur.php?bestand=5632 Landesarchiv]. Descriptions that include links to digital images include the phrase "Archivalieneinheit einsehen" in red. Click on that phrase to bring up thumbnails of the first ten images and a navigation bar. | The alphabetical listing by town name is available at [https://www2.landesarchiv-bw.de/ofs21/olf/struktur.php?bestand=5632 Landesarchiv]. Descriptions that include links to digital images include the phrase "Archivalieneinheit einsehen" in red. Click on that phrase to bring up thumbnails of the first ten images and a navigation bar. | ||
*" | *"Blättern 1 bis 10" with forward and back arrows allows you to page forward and back within this set. | ||
*" Seite [Bitte wählen]" brings up the list of available pages, so you can click on a page number. The system then loads that page plus the next nine images | *" Seite [Bitte wählen]" brings up the list of available pages, so you can click on a page number. The system then loads that page plus the next nine images | ||
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Many German archive and parish register inventories touch on various Jewish records. The inventory listed below focuses on Jewish records of births, marriages, and deaths kept in the Federal Archive of Germany: | Many German archive and parish register inventories touch on various Jewish records. The inventory listed below focuses on Jewish records of births, marriages, and deaths kept in the Federal Archive of Germany: | ||
*''Verzeichnis der im Bundesarchiv aufbewahrten Filme von Personenstandsregistern: | *''Verzeichnis der im Bundesarchiv aufbewahrten Filme von Personenstandsregistern: Jüdischer Gemeinden aus Mittel- und Ostdeutschland (Inventory of microfilms at the German Federal Archive of Jewish Vital Records from central and eastern Germany).'' Typescript photocopy, 196-? (FHL book 943 A5gp.) | ||
This inventory is divided into five sections: | This inventory is divided into five sections: | ||