Zbiór dokumentów lóż masońskich m. in. w Dreźnie, Hanowerze, Altenburgu (Sygn. 118)

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2016.73.1 | RG Number: RG-15.476

Overview

Description: Correspondence related to various Masonic lodges on German and Dutch territories, visitors’ books, name lists of members of lodges, diplomas of members of the Lodge from German territory between 1780-1921, books of freemasons’ and religious songs, as well as selected works of renowned composers (Mozart, Chopin and Schumann), and studies related to freemasons.
Alternate Title: Collection of documents from Freemason's Lodges in Dresden, Hannover, and Altenburg
Date: inclusive: 1815-1939
Credit Line: Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Reference: Edward Cahill, Masoneria, Krosno 1993.

Ludwik Hass, Masoneria polska XX wieku. Losy, loże, ludzie, Warszawa 1996.

Ludwik Hass, Wolnomularstwo w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej w XVIII i XIX

Jerzy Wojtowicz: Masoneria - wielka niewiadoma?, Toruń 1992.

Language: German Polish English French Hebrew Yiddish Italian Czech Dutch Latin
Genre/Form: Correspondence. Diplomas. Music--Manuscripts. Notes. Registers. Songs.
Extent: 5,535 digital images : PDF ; 7.99 GB .
System of Arrangement: Arranged in six series: 1. Correspondence; 2. Personnel records; 3. Notes of Masonic songs; 4. Documents relating to various lodges; fragments of publications,forms, brochures; 5. Book of cash and miscellaneous documents; 6. Studies related to freemasons (annex to the collection).

Conditions on Access: This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
Conditions on Use: Publication or copying of more than several documents for a third party requires the permission of the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny imienia Emanuela Ringelbluma.
Copyright Holder: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma

Topical Term: Freemasonry--History--20th century. Freemasons--Germany--History. Freemasons--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany--History--20th century.
Geographic Name: Altenburg (Germany) Dresden (Germany) Hannover (Germany)

Holder of Originals: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma, Sygn. 118. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Jan. 2016.
The collection of the "Freemason's Lodges” was handed over to the Central Jewish Historical Commission (Centralna Komisja Żydowska) through the County Jewish Committee in Kłodzk (Powiatowy Komitet Żydowski w Kłodzku in 1947.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive