With the kind permission of the State Archive Hamburg
The following agreement has been made between the German-Israelite
congregation and the city treasury; it is subject
to authorization of the required funds.
§ 1
The German-Israelite congregation assumes thepastoral care for
prisoners of the Jewish faith held at
the
to the hitherto
existing extent
through a
appointment of a
is subject to approval by the
administration
§ 2
Beginning on January 1st, 1914,
The German-Israelite
congregationreceives an annual compensation of 500.-
will be paid retroactively in quarterly installments by the
administration
§ 3
The expected pastoral care includes the following duties of
the appointed 1) Holding a
religious service with subsequent
religious lecture on Jewish morals and ethics at
Prison I in Fuhlsbüttel on every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the
month and on all Jewish holidays (Pessach-Easter,
Shavuot-Pentecost, New Year’s, Yom Kippur, Sukkot,
Simchat Torah),
2) Offering religious counseling at the specific requestof a prisoner as
soon as possible after such a request
has been made,
3) Visiting female prisoners and providingreligious
counseling to them once a month and
at specific request,4)
4) Visiting pretrial detainees and providingreligious
counseling to them at specific request
as soon as possible after such a request
has been made,
5) Visits for welfare purposes after a prisoner has been
dischargedin order to reintegrate the discharged convict into
ordered
circumstances or to initiate a reconciliation between
the convict
and their families so that they are welcomed back
into the family.
§ 4
Furthermore, at the request of the prison
administration,
the
in Hebrew writing written by or sent to inmates
correctly and diligently into
German while maintaining discretion
about their contents towards other persons
§ 5
The chaplain pledges to obey the
institution’s legal regulations to the
warden
accreditation may be revoked by the judicial administration and the
appointment of another
§ 6
The particular objects required for the religious
ritualsare provided by the
congregation
§ 7
This agreement is subject to cancellation by either
partyeffective at the end of each quarter of the calendar year
with a
required three months’ notice.
§ 8
The costs of this agreement are covered by the
German-Israelite
Ratified by signature of the
German-Israelite