Teaching Resources

The material here presented covers a wide range of thematic aspects and is particularly suitable for use in high school and college education.

We also provide links to teaching ads from Hamburg-Geschichtsbuch (in German) and related sources from German History in Documents and Images.

Emancipation, Legal Equality and Enlightment

Jewish Religion and Culture, Associations

Abraham de Lemos, Petition to the Prussian King, Hamburg 1735, Hamburg , January 24, 1735

Source Interpretation by Monika Richarz

By-Laws of the Israelite-Humanitarian Women’s Association of Hamburg, dated March 19, 1911 (Hamburg 1912), Hamburg , March 19, 1911

Source Interpretation by Magdalena Gehring

Speech by Gustav Tuch, President of the Henry Jones Lodge, in: The Meeting Hall in Hamburg. Publication Commemorating Its Inauguration. Sunday, August 28, 1904,..., Hamburg , August 28, 1904

Source Interpretation by Rebekka Großmann

Greeting by Max Warburg on the Occasion of the Opening of the Jewish Community Center, Hamburg, January 9, 1938, Hamburg , January 09, 1938

Source Interpretation by Barbara Müller-Wesemann

The “Israelitisches Familienblatt” and Its Support of Jewish Ceremonial Art, September 20, 1928, Hamburg , September 20, 1928

Source Interpretation by Helga Krohn

Erich Kastan, Photograph of the Temple on Innenraums des Tempels Oberstraße, Hamburg, 1937, Hamburg , veröffentlicht 1937, entstanden zwischen 1931-1937

Source Interpretation by Ulrich Knufinke

Family and Everyday Life

Abraham de Lemos, Petition to the Prussian King, Hamburg 1735, Hamburg , January 24, 1735

Source Interpretation by Monika Richarz

Report of the Pastor Johann Jacob Schudt on an Encounter with the “Wealthy“ Jew Diego Teixeira in Hamburg, 1714, Hamburg , 1714

Source Interpretation by Jutta Braden

Johannes Müller: Judaism, Hamburg, 1644, chapter “On the Jews’ residence: Whether Christians can with good conscience permit Jews to live in their midst”, pp. 1385–1395, Hamburg , 1644

Source Interpretation by Jutta Braden

Glikl von Hameln: Memoirs 1691-1719 [Excerpt], Hamburg , 1665-1666

Source Interpretation by Joshua Teplitsky

The Police Authority. Department II (Political and Criminal Investigation Unit), Report by Constable Erxleben. Re: Observations Carried out in the Streets and Public..., Hamburg , October 01, 1898

Source Interpretation by Ulrich Wyrwa

First Senate Ruling of February 10, 1892 Approving the Petitioner’s “Application to Change His Name”, Hamburg , February 10, 1892

Source Interpretation by Beate-Christine Fiedler

The Boys from the „Gush“. A Jewish Book for Young Adults, Berlin 1936, pp. 22-23, Berlin , 1936

Source Interpretation by Hadassah Stichnothe

Appeal by the Provisional Board of the Sports Club “Schild” Organized by the German-Jewish War Veterans’ Association’s Hamburg Chapter, June 1933, Hamburg , June 1933

Source Interpretation by Erik Petry

Mary Antin's Letter to her Uncle Moshe Hayyim Weltman, 1894 [Extract], Boston , 1894

Source Interpretation by Monica Rüthers

The Memoirs of Our Father, Joseph Berkowitz Kohn, copy presumably written by his daughter, Sophie Berkowitz-Kohn, Hamburg, Hamburg , vor 1905

Source Interpretation by Sebastian Voigt

The “Israelitisches Familienblatt” and Its Support of Jewish Ceremonial Art, September 20, 1928, Hamburg , September 20, 1928

Source Interpretation by Helga Krohn

Interview with Esther Bauer (B), November 20, 1998. Interviewer: Jens Michelsen (M), minute 00:09 to 3:53, Hamburg , November 20, 1998

Source Interpretation by Andrea Althaus, Linde Apel

Memorandum by the Superior School Authority – School Administration, November 24, 1938, Hamburg , November 24, 1938

Source Interpretation by Christiane Pritzlaff

Reopening of the Joseph Carlebach School, Hamburg, 2007, Hamburg , September / Oktober 2007

Source Interpretation by Stephanie Kowitz-Harms

Migration

“On the Road With Ballin.” Hamburg 1904, Berlin , 20. / 22. / 25.12.1904

Source Interpretation by Tobias Brinkmann

Letter from Jacob H. Schiff (New York) to Max Warburg (Hamburg), January 28, 1915, New York , January 28, 1915

Source Interpretation by Sarah Panter

Mary Antin's Letter to her Uncle Moshe Hayyim Weltman, 1894 [Extract], Boston , 1894

Source Interpretation by Monica Rüthers

The Memoirs of Our Father, Joseph Berkowitz Kohn, copy presumably written by his daughter, Sophie Berkowitz-Kohn, Hamburg, Hamburg , vor 1905

Source Interpretation by Sebastian Voigt

Hilfsverein der Juden in Deutschland [Aid Organization of German Jews], from Annual Report, 1907 [Excerpt], Hamburg , 1907

Source Interpretation by David Hamann

Rudolf Birnbach, “Mother Borchardt” – A Jewish Shipping Company Owner, in: Aus alter und neuer Zeit. Bildbeilage des Israelitischen Familienblattes [From Times..., Hamburg , Februar 1935

Source Interpretation by Rebekka Großmann

Antisemitism and Persecution

Johannes Müller: Judaism, Hamburg, 1644, chapter “On the Jews’ residence: Whether Christians can with good conscience permit Jews to live in their midst”, pp. 1385–1395, Hamburg , 1644

Source Interpretation by Jutta Braden

Ludolf Holst, On the Relationship of the Jews to the Christians in Commercial Towns, Leipzig 1818, Leipzig , 1818

Source Interpretation by Moshe Zimmermann

The Police Authority. Department II (Political and Criminal Investigation Unit), Report by Constable Erxleben. Re: Observations Carried out in the Streets and Public..., Hamburg , October 01, 1898

Source Interpretation by Ulrich Wyrwa

Otto Armin (=Alfred Roth), The Jews in the Army. A statistical analysis based on official sources, Munich 1919, München , 1920

Source Interpretation by Uwe Lohalm

Poster Stamps Printed by the Deutscher Schutz- und Trutzbund, Hamburg, before 1922, Hamburg , vor 1922

Source Interpretation by Martin Ulmer

The Zinnowitz Song, Post Card, 1930, Zinnowitz , July 1930

Source Interpretation by Frank Bajohr

Flyer by the Hamburg Chapter of the Centralverein deutscher Staatsbüger jüdischen Glaubens [Central Association of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith ], April..., Hamburg , April 13, 1932

Source Interpretation by Avraham Barkai, Pavel Golubev

Appeal by the Provisional Board of the Sports Club “Schild” Organized by the German-Jewish War Veterans’ Association’s Hamburg Chapter, June 1933, Hamburg , June 1933

Source Interpretation by Erik Petry

Interview with Esther Bauer (B), November 20, 1998. Interviewer: Jens Michelsen (M), minute 00:09 to 3:53, Hamburg , November 20, 1998

Source Interpretation by Andrea Althaus, Linde Apel

Renaming of Hallerstraße in Ostmarkstraße, Hamburg, November 1st, 1938, Hamburg , November 01, 1938

Source Interpretation by Ingeborg Grolle

Friedrich Nieland, How Many World (Money) Wars Must the Peoples of the World Lose? Open Letter to all Government Ministers and Members of Parliament of the Federal... , Anfang 1957

Source Interpretation by Werner Bergmann

National Socialism

The Zinnowitz Song, Post Card, 1930, Zinnowitz , July 1930

Source Interpretation by Frank Bajohr

Appeal by the Provisional Board of the Sports Club “Schild” Organized by the German-Jewish War Veterans’ Association’s Hamburg Chapter, June 1933, Hamburg , June 1933

Source Interpretation by Erik Petry

The Boys from the „Gush“. A Jewish Book for Young Adults, Berlin 1936, pp. 22-23, Berlin , 1936

Source Interpretation by Hadassah Stichnothe

The Hall of Mirrors from Hamburg's Budge Palais, Museum for Arts and Crafts Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 1909, Hamburg , 1909

Source Interpretation by Silke Reuther

Calls for Donations for the Jewish Winter Relief for the Area of the Hanse City of Hamburg from the Gemeindeblatt [Congregation Newsletter], drawn by Hans Rudolf..., Hamburg , Februar 1937 - Januar 1938

Source Interpretation by Ina Lorenz

The Memoirs of Cantor Joseph Cysner: Testimonials of the Polenaktion and His Zbąszyń Internment, probably written at Zbąszyń, October 30, 1938, Zbąszyń , vermutlich 30. Oktober 1938

Source Interpretation by Bonnie M. Harris

Renaming of Hallerstraße in Ostmarkstraße, Hamburg, November 1st, 1938, Hamburg , November 01, 1938

Source Interpretation by Ingeborg Grolle

Rachel Dror (01153/sdje/0048). Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, June 20, 2012 (Berlin). Interview: Lennart Bohne, Daniel Hübner, and Barbara..., Berlin , June 20, 2012

Source Interpretation by Lennart Bohne

Letter to the Hamburg Historical Museum [Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte]. Regarding the Banning of Jews from Visiting the Museum. Hamburg, December 9, 1941, Hamburg , December 09, 1941

Source Interpretation by Olaf Matthes, Christina Ewald

Interview with Esther Bauer (B), November 20, 1998. Interviewer: Jens Michelsen (M), minute 00:09 to 3:53, Hamburg , November 20, 1998

Source Interpretation by Andrea Althaus, Linde Apel

Additional Material

Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service (April 7, 1933)

Jewish Life after 1945

Minutes of a Meeting to Reconstitute the Jewish Congregation in Hamburg, July 1945, Hamburg , July 08, 1945

Source Interpretation by Ina Lorenz

Access Authorization to the Broadcasting Studio Hamburg for Major Everitt, issued by the Broadcasting Control Unit Hamburg 1946, Hamburg , February 23, 1946

Source Interpretation by Hans-Ulrich Wagner

Hannah Arendt, Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Field Reports, 1948–1951, Field Report No. 18, February 15 – March 10, 1950, Hamburg , April 1950

Source Interpretation by Elisabeth Gallas

Speech Given by Mayor Max Brauer on the Occasion of the Groundbreaking for the Synagogue at Hohe Weide, November 9, 1958, Hamburg , November 09, 1958

Source Interpretation by Anna Menny

Letter from Senator Helmut Schmidt to Bishop Hans-Otto Wölber, Hamburg, April 30, 1964, Hamburg , April 30, 1964

Source Interpretation by Rainer Hering

Reopening of the Joseph Carlebach School, Hamburg, 2007, Hamburg , September / Oktober 2007

Source Interpretation by Stephanie Kowitz-Harms

Ego Documents

Mary Antin's Letter to her Uncle Moshe Hayyim Weltman, 1894 [Extract], Boston , 1894

Source Interpretation by Monica Rüthers

The Memoirs of Our Father, Joseph Berkowitz Kohn, copy presumably written by his daughter, Sophie Berkowitz-Kohn, Hamburg, Hamburg , vor 1905

Source Interpretation by Sebastian Voigt

The Memoirs of Cantor Joseph Cysner: Testimonials of the Polenaktion and His Zbąszyń Internment, probably written at Zbąszyń, October 30, 1938, Zbąszyń , vermutlich 30. Oktober 1938

Source Interpretation by Bonnie M. Harris

Käthe Starke, Der Führer schenkt den Juden eine Stadt. Read by Laura de Weck, excerpt from the audio book “...in schwarzer Nacht und lautloser Stille muss ich meinen..., Berlin , 1975

Source Interpretation by Linde Apel

Martha Glass: Theresienstadt Diaries 1943-1945, Terezín , 03.1943-11.1945

Source Interpretation by Barbara Müller-Wesemann

Interview with Esther Bauer (B), November 20, 1998. Interviewer: Jens Michelsen (M), minute 00:09 to 3:53, Hamburg , November 20, 1998

Source Interpretation by Andrea Althaus, Linde Apel

Rachel Dror (01153/sdje/0048). Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, June 20, 2012 (Berlin). Interview: Lennart Bohne, Daniel Hübner, and Barbara..., Berlin , June 20, 2012

Source Interpretation by Lennart Bohne

Memory and Remembrance

Funerary Monument to Dr. Gabriel Riesser (1806–1863) at Ohlsdorf Cemetery, Hamburg (1865), Hamburg , October 22, 1865

Source Interpretation by Annabelle Lienhart

German-Jewish War Veterans’ Association [Vaterländischer Bund jüdischer Frontsoldaten]. From the Advertising Committee: Call for a Jewish Memorial Cemetery, Hamburg..., Hamburg , February 1921

Source Interpretation by Ina Lorenz

The Stolpersteine of Brahmsallee 13, Hamburg, July 22, 2007, Hamburg , 2010

Source Interpretation by Beate Meyer

Speech Given by Mayor Max Brauer on the Occasion of the Groundbreaking for the Synagogue at Hohe Weide, November 9, 1958, Hamburg , November 09, 1958

Source Interpretation by Anna Menny

Additional Information

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