"An meine Gemeinde in der Zerstreuung": die Rundbriefe des Augsburger Rabbiners Ernst Jacob 1941-1949

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Wissner-Verlag, 2007 - 472 Seiten
Pp. 27-170 present an annotated edition of 18 circular letters sent by Jacob (1899-1974, formerly the rabbi of Augsburg, Germany) between 1941-49 from the USA to former congregants who had also left Germany. In these letters, Jacob shares information he acquired regarding the fate of the Jews in Augsburg and in the Schwaben region. In the introduction (pp. 5-19), Jacob's son, Walter Jacob, traces his father's life story. Ernst Jacob was born in Göttingen in 1899, grew up in Dortmund, and was appointed rabbi of Augsburg in 1929. Local Jews began to leave Germany in 1934, and during that year, in a first attempt to stay in touch, Jacob sent a New Year's greeting to them. In 1937, he sent out a Passover greeting to all the émigrés. During the "Kristallnacht" pogrom, the Augsburg synagogue was burnt. The Germans wanted Jacob to take responsibility for it; when he refused he was interned in Dachau. Upon his release in December 1938 he fled to England; he was joined by his wife and children a few months later. In 1940 the family emigrated to the USA. By 1941, as mentioned in the first letter, some 300 former congregants were in the USA, 100 within the realm of the British Empire (including Palestine), and 100 in South America. Pp. 173-386 comprise brief biographies of over 600 Jews who are mentioned by the rabbi in his letters.

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An meine Gemeinde in der Zerstreuung Edition der Rundbriefe
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Kurzbiographien zu in den Rundbriefen genannten Personen
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