Life_under_Siege_The_Jews_of_Magdeburg_under_Nazi_Rule.pdf

quarter were still relatively low, the figure being generally between three to four
people per quarter. 90
The remaining three organisations, the Jüdischer Hilfsverein, the Jüdische
Bezirksdarlehnskasse and the Provinzial-Verband für jüdische Wohlfahrtspflege,
to a large extent worked in cooperation with one another and for this reason they
shall be overviewed as one unit. The Jüdischer Hilfsverein had been founded in
1912 91 and worked closely with the Provinzial-Verband für jüdische
Wohlfahrtspflege. The former organisation continued its important work until its
dissolution, even though it was under constant surveillance by the Gestapo. Also
recorded is the departure of its members. Documentation confirms the financial
viability of the organisation in the operations of its welfare work for the duration
of its existence. 92
The Jüdische Bezirksdarlehnskasse was founded on 28 March 1934 to meet
the growing financial needs of members of the Jewish communities of Burg,
Dessau, Gardelegen, Halberstadt, Magdeburg, Oschersleben, Salzwedel,
Schönebeck and Stendal. 93 This was an important economic initiative of the
Provinzial-Verband für jüdische Wohlfahrtspflege under the presidency of Rabbi
Dr Wilde as a response to the overburdened work of its organisation and, most
importantly, as a direct response to the economic strangulation community
members were experiencing.
90
Mitgliederliste des Israelitischen Witwen- und Waisen- Unterstützungs-Fonds und
Nachträge, dazu Briefwechsel mit der Gestapo, Collection D/Ma3, File X.G5, op. cit.,
CAHJP.
91
Jüdischer Hilfsverein zu Magdeburg, Bestand Rep. C 129, Signatur Nr. 2305,
LHASA MD, p. 2.
92
Ibid., pp. 1–71.
93
Jüdische Bezirksdarlehnskasse zu Magdeburg, Collection JM, File 11266.6, YVA,
pp. 1–4.
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