Switzerland Jewish Records

Online Resources

 * Jewish Switzerland
 * Jüdische Genealogie [Jewish Genealogy]

Jewish History in Switzerland

 * For more information on the history of Jews in Switzerland, read the Wikipedia article.
 * For a Jewish population density map of Europe in 1900, click here.

Switzerland Civil Registration
Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths in Switzerland started as early as 1799, depending on canton. For more information, click here.

Jewish Arrivals In Switzerland, 1938-1945

 * Find an explanation of the database by clicking here.
 * The above is part of JewishGen's Holocaust Database. To search this database, click here.

Genealogical Periodicals

 * A helpful periodical regarding Jews in Switzerland is Maajan-Die Quelle which can be seen at the Family History Library. Maajan-Die Quelle, Zeitschrift fuer Jüdische Familienforschung. Organ der Schweizerischen Vereinigung für Jüdische Genealogie und der Hamburger Gesellschaft für Jüdische Genealogie E.V. Periodical 1987-present.  The call number at the Family History Library is 949.4 D25m and their website is Schweizerische Vereinigung für Jüdische Genealogie.