Life_under_Siege_The_Jews_of_Magdeburg_under_Nazi_Rule.pdf

Organisationen Magdeburgs. 86 This organisation indicates that the Jews of
Eastern European origin in Magdeburg operated separate welfare organisations.
The Israelitischer Witwen- und Waisen-Unterstützungs-Fonds, the Jüdischer
Hilfsverein zu Magdeburg, the Jüdische Bezirksdarlehnskasse zu Magdeburg and
the Provinzial-Verband für jüdische Wohlfahrtspflege all operated as
organisations dedicated to various forms of social welfare.
The Israelitischer Witwen- und Waisen-Unterstützungs-Fonds had served the
Jewish community of Magdeburg since 1871. 87 It is known that the organisation
was required by the Gestapa to submit membership lists for each quarter. The
documentation confirming this only provides data for the period from 1 January
1936 until 13 December 1937. 88 During this time Benno Kallmann was the
president of the foundation. On 1 January 1936, Kallmann indicated there were
279 members, and on 13 December 1937 that the membership stood at 201. 89 The
data supplied to the Gestapa provides all the personal particulars of members,
including statistics of emigration, immigration and deaths. The documentation
confirms the extensive nature of welfare work being undertaken, as well as
providing on an individual level information on the extent of the large number of
members who had already changed professions and addresses, resulting from
financial hardship. What is also of interest is that emigration statistics for each
86 Jüdisches Wochenblatt für Magdeburg und Umgegend, 16. Dezember 1932, Nr. 51,
7. Jahrgang, ASGM, op. cit., p. 328. This organisation was listed in the public notices
of this newsletter. No other archival material detailing this organisation has been
located.
87 Spanier, op. cit., p. 40.
88 Mitgliederliste des Israelitischen Witwen- und Waisen- Unterstützungs-Fonds und
Nachträge, dazu Briefwechsel mit der Gestapo, Collection D/Ma3, File X.G5,
CAHJP.
89 Ibid.
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