Zur Geschichte der Juden im Gebiet der ehemaligen Grafschaft Hanau (History of the Jews in the Former Shire of Hanau)

Hanau: Hanauer Geschichtsverein e. V., 1963. First edition. Hardcover. vg to fine. Quarto. 295pp., 1 folding appendix. Original green cloth with black lettering on cover and spine. Frontispiece photograph tipped in. Hanauer Geschichtsblätter. With special consideration of the Jews of Bergen near Frankfurt, and the descendants of the author living there from the 17th to the 19th century. Work based on research in the city archives of Marburg, Frankfurt, and Hanau, the community archives of Bergen-Enkheim, documents of the former Jewish community Bergen, documents of the registrar's office Bergen-Enkheim and documents in family possession. With a chapter on the history of Jews in the Hanau region up to the year 1600. Four appendices at rear, including one folding page with family tree. Text in German. Very light wear along edges of binding. Binding in overall very good, interior in fine condition. (Inventory #: 46985)