Auction 5 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Four documents for a Jewish shoemaker – Germany, 1844

Opening: $400
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1. Document confirmung that the assistant shoemaker Yitzhak Deutschmann was born in Witkowo in 1816, always behaved in a moral and honest fashion and there is no objection of him moving to live in Berlin. In addition – “Prior to 1823 no Jewish birth registrations were conducted in our town.” January 1844.
2. Demand for payment following receipt of permission of live in Berlin. October 1844.
3. Character reference – “The Jewish shoemaker Isaac Deutschmann from Witkowo, district of Bromberg, is being granted citizenship…” Berlin, October 1844.
4. Document of Citizenship to the shoemaker Isaac (Yitzhak) Deutschmann by the mayor and city councilors of Berlin. December 1844.
The papers have various signatures and ink stamps.
Average size - 22x33 cm.
Good condition. Folding lines, stains, small tears.
Central European Jewry
Central European Jewry