Hamburg, German Empire Jewish Records

Here is a link to Jewish history in Hamburg

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geschichte_der_Juden_in_Hamburg

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Research

The archival records of the Jewish synagogues in Hamburg go back to 1641. They became part of the Hamburg Staatsarchiv in 1942. Since 1959 part of the records are in Hamburg and part in Jerusalem, Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People.