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The Herman Hescheles House of the Poor Israelites in Lvov. History of the Facility until 1939

Publication date: 13.10.2016

Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia, 2016, Volume 14, pp. 133 - 142

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843925SJ.16.009.5668

Authors

Anna Jakimyszyn-Gadocha
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
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The Herman Hescheles House of the Poor Israelites in Lvov. History of the Facility until 1939

Abstract

 Hirsch Herman Hescheles, a Jew born in Lvov, was the owner of private companies in Vienna and a philanthropist. As his life was associated with two cities – Lvov and Vienna – it was there that he decided to organize his philanthropic activities. The article is devoted to the history of the Herman Hescheles House of the Poor Israelites in Lvov, which was opened in 1896. In this house poor Jewish people of different ages and various states of health, lived over the decades, having been guaranteed accommodation. This was the only foundation of its type to operate in Lvov before World War II.
 

References

1. Primary sources

A) TsDIAL of Ukraine:

Lwów (Lviv) Jewish Birth Records (1823-1828),f. 701, op. 1, spr. 110.

Lwów (Lviv) Jewish Marriage Records (1854-1860), fond 701, op. 1, spr. 134.

Jewish community in Lvov, f. 701, op. 2, spr. 849, 929, 998.

B) DALO:

Panieńska St. no. 36, f. 2, op. 1, spr. 3863.

 

2. Secondary literature:

Wierzbieniec, W. (2012), Gmina żydowska we Lwowie wobec problemu dobroczynności i pomocy społecznej w latach 1918-1939. Wybrane aspekty, in: P. Švorc, H. Heppner (eds), Veľká doba v malom priestore: Zlomové zmeny v mestách stredoeurópskeho priestoru a ich dôsledky (1918-1929), Prešov: 367-375.

 

3. Internet:

http://www.lvivcenter.org/en/lia/posts/metropolis-and-pidzamche/

 

4. Press:

Amtsblatt zur Wiener Zeitung(22 October 1918), no. 224.

Badener Bezirks-Blatt(9 July 1887), no. 82.

Die Neuzeit(13 April 1894),no. 15; (8 Mai 1896), no. 19; (6 Mai 1898), no. 18.

Die Presse(5 July 1887), no. 183.

Neue Freie Presse(4 July 1887), no. 8208; (10 December 1889), no. 9087.

(Neuigkeits) Welt Blatt(6 July 1887), no. 151.

Prager Abendblatt(5 July 1887), no. 149.

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Vorarlberger Volksblatt(8 July 1887), no. 152.

Wiener Sonn- und Montags-Zeitung(16 April 1906), no. 16.

Wiener Abendpost (4 July 1887), no. 149.

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Information: Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia, 2016, Volume 14, pp. 133 - 142

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

The Herman Hescheles House of the Poor Israelites in Lvov. History of the Facility until 1939

English:

The Herman Hescheles House of the Poor Israelites in Lvov. History of the Facility until 1939

Authors

Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Published at: 13.10.2016

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Anna Jakimyszyn-Gadocha (Author) - 100%

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