Germany, Brandenburg, Bernau bei Berlin, Jewish Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Germany Brandenburg



Title in the Language of the Record
Deutschland, Preußen, Brandenburg, Bernau bei Berlin, Jüdische Urkunden

Record Description
This collection contains Jewish records from the Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (Brandenburg Main State Archive). Records include censuses, lists of Jewish families, registers of Jewish passports, and certified copies of Jewish birth, marriage, and death certificates. These records are written in German.

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Record Content
Jewish records may contain the following information:


 * Name
 * Occupation
 * Age
 * Place of residence
 * Previous places of residence
 * Place of birth

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For Help Reading These Records
These records are in German. For help reading the records, see the following wiki articles:


 * German Word List
 * German Language and Languages

Related Websites

 * Brandenburg GenWeb Project

Related Wiki Articles

 * Jewish Genealogy
 * Germany Genealogy

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