Jewish Religious Community of Brno

This collection contains fragmentary materials that were mostly found in fonds from areas outside Brno – primarily minor printed materials: the community's statutes (1894), the statutes and annual reports of several Jewish associations, and a memorial document on the improvement of civic conditions for the Jews. From the period of the Nazi occupation there is a 1939 instruction on the obligation to register artefacts and valuable objects, agricultural and forestry land, foreign currency, and debts to foreign individuals, as well as a marriage register from 1941–1942. The medieval Jewish settlement of Brno was founded in the 13th century and disbanded after the expulsion of the Jews in 1454. A Jewish community was established in the middle of the 19th century and was liquidated during the Nazi occupation. The community was re-established after the Second World War and exists to this day. The fonds is accessible with no restriction. Dolista K. – Heřman, J., Židovská náboženská obec Brno 1840 – 1942, Prozatímní inventární seznam, 1971, 1 s., ev. č. 8.