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Doudleby nad Orlicí
• in German Daudleb (an der Adler)
• district Rychnov nad Kněžnou
• village in Bohemia, 6 kilometres south-west of Rychnov nad Kněžnou,
3 kilometres south-east-east of Kostelec nad Orlicí
• in 1931 Doudleby became a township ••KME
• seat of the manor/estate (alternatively Žamberk-Doudleby manor/estate); historical
Region of Hradec Králové ••KME
contents:
Jewish settlement
Shoah
Women’s names in the year 1793
Familiants in the first half of the 19th century
Fire of Doudleby
Other events
Religious community
Heads of the religious community in Doudleby
Local representatives of the religious community in Kostelec nad Orlicí
Rabbis
Cantors
Teachers
Shammashes
Mohels active in Doudleby
Natives of Doudleby living elsewhere in the 19th century
Another notable native
School
Mikvah
Dormitory for yourneyers
Societies, associations and foundations
Notable professions, trades and crafts
Jewish residential district
Houses with Jewish inhabitants
Communal houses

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The old synagogue
The temporary prayer room
The new synagogue
Torah scrolls from Doudleby in the world
Burials
Birth, marriage and death records in the National Archive
Other archive documents
Statistics of the village from the year 1850
Illustrations and photos
Reference literature and other sources
Jewish settlement
„all older Jewish people here say that their ancestors came here from Vamberk“, according
to tradition Jews had originally settled (for a short time?) in Vamberk from where they
were later expelled ••*L
the beginning of Jewish settlement dates back to the times Jews left Vamberk (the expulsion?)
(according to rabbi Abraham Kohn from Hradec Králové ••*K
1640-70: possible beginning of settlement ••*L
circa 1650: 8 families ••RJC
1702: Doudleby – Horní Jelení – Blato estate 16 Jews (and 1023 Christians) over the age
of 10 ••MPS
1723: 15 families (their names are not given) ••HBS
1733: Žamberk – Doudleby estate in the years 1725-33 the number increased by:
▪ Joseph Moyses
▪ Samoel Dawid (from > Rychnov nad Kněžnou) ••HBS
1783: at the Doudleby estate there were 30 families or married couples and single
economically independent men, including 72 children
„surnames“: Kalmuß, Mautner, Pick, Polatschek, Schlapel, Taußik, Vitek,
Wamberg [unless meant as a place name]
in Doudleby there lived 27 families or married couples:
▪ Abraham Herzman (6 children) = peddler
▪ Abraham Mautner (1 daughter; single journeyman Marses David) = distiller
▪ Alexander David (married, with no children) = perhaps a shammash („Bedinter“)
▪ David Ajasgr [?] (1 daughter) = peddler
▪ David Marcus (10 children) = peddler
▪ Herzmann Enoch (5 children) = butcher
▪ Herzman Löbel (1 daughter) = peddler
▪ Herzman Zacharias (3 children) = peddler
▪ Hirschel Jachim (3 children) = „poor peddler“
▪ Isac Jacob Taußik (1 daughter) = trading with semi-manufactures
▪ Isac Marcus (2 children; single journeyman Joachim Joseph) = tanner
(„Rothgerber“)

▪ Jacob Daniel (3 children) = peddler
▪ Jacob David (3 children) = tailor
▪ Jacob Herschel (married, with no unmarried children) = peddler
▪ Jacob Schlapel (5 children) – occupation not mentioned
▪ Joachim Andrias (2 daughters) = „absolutely poor“
▪ Joachim Joseph Wamberg [!] (1 daughter) = peddler
▪ Joachim Polatschek (married, with no unmarried children) = garnet cutter
▪ Joseph Pick (1 daughter) = beggar
▪ Joseph Vitek (3 daughters) = peddler
▪ Löbel Marcus (1 daughter) = peddler
▪ Marcus Benjamin (1 daughter) = tanning journeyman
▪ Marcus Joachim (3 children) = peddler
▪ Marcus Lobel (1 daughter) = peddler
▪ Marcus Sodek (3 children) = peddler
▪ Moises David (married, no single children) = peddler
▪ Salomon (2 children) = peddler
pertaining to the Doudleby estate but living elsewhere:
▪ Israel Kalmuß (with 4 single children) = „cantor“ in > Trutnov
[not stated whether he lived in Trutnov alone or with his family]
▪ Jacob Isak (with 6 single children) = tanning journeyman in Moravia
[not stated whether he lived in Moravia alone or with his family]
▪ Joseph Hirschel (widower, with one single daughter) = tanning journeyman
in a different village [not stated whether he lived „in a different village” alone
or with his daughter] ••HBS
1793: 40 recorded families (including windows and widowers ) or married couples
(out of which 5-6 families or married couples live outside of Doudleby)
and several economically active individuals – there are 34 local familiant places
– total number of persons living in Doudleby = 165 persons:
▪ Joseph Bachrach (pertaining to Doudleby; with 3 daughters) = trading in scarves
▪ Salomon Beer (pertaining to Doudleby; 1st son called Jakob) = trading in leather
▪ Daniel Berlhefter (pertaining to Doudleby; 1 st son Salomon and two other sons)
= peddler
▪ Jonas Fanta (pertaining to Doudleby; 2 daughters; widow Rosaria Fanta) = tanner
▪ Dawid Fiescher (pertaining to Doudleby; 1 st son called Isak and 3 other children)
= perhaps a shammash (the caretaker of the synagogue, „the servant of the Jewish
community“)
▪ Joseph Fischer (pertaining to Doudleby; 1 st son Hermann and 2 other sons)
= trading in dry-goods
▪ Rosina Fischer (widow, pertaining to Doudleby; perhaps a single son called Dawid
[tailor] and 2 daughters) = supported by her son
▪ Markus Großmann (pertaining to Doudleby; 1 st son called Herman and 4 other
children) = tradesman
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▪ Marcus Hesenfeld (pertaining to Doudleby; 1 st son called Hermann and 3 other
children) = trading in leather – [see surname Rosenfeld from the census in 1799
and later]
▪ Dawid Kohn (widower, pertaining to Doudleby; single 2 nd son called Adam and
4 other children) = trading in leather
▪ Moses Kohn (married 1 st son of Dawid ↑ K.; pertaining to Doudleby; 1 st son
Lewi and another son) = peddler
▪ Rosaria Lederin (widow, pertaining to Doudleby; unmarried daughter Elisabeth
= beggar
▪ Jakob Lederer (pertaining to Doudleby; 1 st son called Simon and 4 other children)
= tanner
▪ Joseph Lederer (widower, pertaining to Doudleby; 1 daughter) = tanner
▪ Juda Lederer (pertaining to Doudleby; 1 st son called Dawid and 1 daughter)
= trading in dry-goods
▪ Samuel Lederer (pertaining to Doudleby; 1 st son called Joachim and 3 other
children) = trading in leather
▪ Samuel Lederer (pertaining to Doudleby; 1 st son called Marcus and 2 other
children) = trading in dry-goods
▪ Maria Lewi (widow without the manorial nobility’s protection, recorded with
Hermann Löwy) = trading in dry-goods
▪ Catharina Lowy (widow, pertaining to Doudleby; 1 st son Hermann and 5 other
children) = peddler
▪ Hermann Löwy (pertaining to Doudleby; 1 st son called Jakob and 3 other children)
trading in dry-goods
▪ Roßina Löwy (widow without the manorial nobility’s protection, 1 st son Joachim
and 2 daughters) = she earns her living as a maid („mit Dienen“)
▪ Hermann Pik (pertaining to Doudleby; 1 st son Jahim) = trading in dry-goods
▪ Isak Pik (pertaining to Doudleby; 1 st son Philip and 2 daughters) = trading in
dry-goods
▪ Joachim Polaczek (pertaining to Doudleby; 1 st son Jakob and 1 daughter) = cutter
of Bohemian garnets
▪ Marcus Polaczek (pertaining to Doudleby; married, with no unmarried children)
= trading in leather
▪ Veronika Rothbart (widow, pertaining to Doudleby; 1 st son Abraham and 2 other
children) = she was supported by her relative Dawid Kohn
▪ Lev Seidlitz (pertaining to Doudleby; married, with no unmarried children) = baker
▪ Barbara Schlappl (widow, pertaining to Doudleby; 1 st son Isak and 1 daughter)
= trading in dry-goods
▪ Hermann Schlappel (pertaining to Doudleby; living alone, no family) = peddler
▪ Jakob Schlappl (widower without the manorial nobility’s protection, without
recorded children) = a beggar
▪ Walentin Schlappl (pertaining to Doudleby; living alone, without a family) = trading
in dry-goods
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▪ Nathan Schwartz (pertaining to Doudleby; 1 daughter) = tanner
▪ Isak Tausek (pertaining to Doudleby; 1 st son Jakob and 2 daughters) = peddler
▪ Magdalena Tausek (widow with no manorial nobility’s protection; with no unmarried
children) = she was supported by her son Jos. [!] Tausek
▪ Jakob Weißbart (pertaining to Doudleby; 1 st son Samuel and 3 other children)
= trading in dry-goods
▪ Joachim Welsch (widower, pertaining to the town Deutschkreutz at the
Austro-Hungarian frontier; 1 st son caller Gottlieb and 4 daughters) = butcher
▪ Adam Wendelis (without the manorial nobility’s protection; 1 st son called Isak and
other 5 children; private teacher Salomon Jakob from Poland) – he lives on his
savings
▪ Dawid Winternitz (pertaining to Doudleby; 1 daughter) = trading in leather
▪ Moses Wlczek (pertaining to Doudleby; 1 st son Abraham) = trading in dry-goods
▪ Marcus Zimmer (pertaining to Doudleby; 1 daughter) = trading in leather
persons pertaining to Doudleby but living elsewhere:
▪ Dawid Nathan (married, with children) = salesman in the village „Wostitz“
in Moravia
▪ Herman Zacharias or Daschizki (1 st son Markus and 4 other children) = trading
in herbs and spices and a tobacconist [§] or trading in dry-goods [§§]
in > Žamberk [§] or Slatina [§§] near Žamberk [records in the census of families
in Žamberk {§} differ from the census of families in Doudleby {§§}]
– in 1799 H. Z. lives in Doudleby and has a consent for Doudleby from the year
1767 but was transferred to Dašice (see surname) only in the year 1814 (according
to ••HBS/Dašice/1799)
▪ Adam Khain (living alone, no family) = private teacher in the house of the
tobacconist Barnard Wiener in > Trutnov
▪ Johanna Kohn (living alone, no family) = maid in the house of the salesman S. Donat
in > Rychnov nad Kněžnou
▪ Lowy Khon/Kohn (26-year-old, married; 1 st son Salomon or 1 daughter) = tanner
in > Ústí nad Orlicí [data in the registry of Doudleby differ from the registry of Ústí
nad Orlicí]
▪ Jakob Leder (alone, no family) = tanning journeyman in > Brandýs nad Orlicí
▪ Joseph Leederer (alone, no family) = journeyman working with the trimming
manufacturer J. Bek in > Podbřezí near Dobruška
▪ Abraham Mautner (married, with no unmarried children; daughter-widow Abigail
Saxl with one daughter) = renter in the distillery in Vyhnánov near Doudleby
▪ Joseph Mauthner (1 st son Marcus and 1 daughter) = liqueur manufacturer
in Svobodné Hamry (> Dřevíkov)
▪ Samuel Redlich (alone, no family) = trading in dry-goods in Rasošky at the Smiřice
estate
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▪ Joachim Sommer (married; 1 st son Isak and 2 daughters living perhaps [?]
in Doudleby) = shochet in > Náchod [data in Doudleby census differs from Náchod
census] ••HBE,HBS
1799: pertaining to the Doudleby estate: 30 familiants
in Doudleby 28 families pertaining to Doudleby live here
their surnames: Bachrach, Beer, Fanta, Großmann, Kohn, Lewy, Löwi/Löwy,
4x Lederer (Jakob L. consent 1769, Juda L. consent 1786, Salomon L. consent
1740, Samuel L. consent 1781 – with their names are followed by long
explanatory notes, changes etc.), Perlhöfter, Pik, 2x Pollaschek, Roßenfelt,
Seidlitz, Schlapl (widow), Schneyder, Schwarz, Sommer (in 1816 to
> Přestavlky near Chrudim), Steiner, Tausek, Weisbarth, Winternitz, Wltschek,
Herzmann Zacharias (consent 1767, in 1814 to > Dašice), Zimmer
familiants from elsewhere living on the Doudleby estate:
▪ Dawid Fischer (pertaining and consent 1769 to Blato in Chrudim region)
▪ Abraham Mautner (pertaining and consent 1754 to the > Rožďalovice estate)
local familiants living elsewhere:
▪ Herrmann Kantor (consent 1768) living on the > Žamberk estate
▪ Joachim Seidlitz (consent 1776) living on the > Žamberk estate ••HBS
1811: in Doudleby: 20 local families live in Doudleby (out of which 2 married sons)
surnames: Fanta, Großmann, Kohn, Juda Lederer (consent 1786, 1 st son Dawid
consent 1814), Löwy, Perlhefter, Pik, Polaczek, Roßenfeld, Seidlitz, Schlapl,
Schneider, Schwarz, Steiner, Taußig, Winternitz
local familiants living elsewhere:
▪ Jeremias Dosraty (consent 1805) – living in > Brandýs nad Orlicí
▪ Perlhefter – living on the > Žamberk estate
▪ Seidlitz – living on the > Žamberk estate
▪ Samuel Weisbarth (consent 1796) – living in > Český Dub
familiants from elsewhere living on the Doudleby estate:
▪ Salomon Löw (pertaining and consent 1785 to the town of > Nový Bydžov;
1 st son Jacob)
▪ Herrmann Löwy (pertaining and consent 1774 > Dašice)
▪ Markus Löwy (married son of Herrmann ↑ L.)
▪ Joachim Sommer (pertaining to > Přestavlky near Chrudim) ••HBS
1833: 46 Jewish families, 305 persons (30,2%), 1008 entire number of inhabitants
••*K(SKB)
1849: 46 families, 400 persons ••AK
1850: Doudleby 20 tradesmen with a trade license live in D.
▪ David Fanta (dry-goods; year of license not stated)
▪ Abraham Fischer (scarves and other goods; year of license not stated)
▪ Salomon Hönig (spirits-wholesale license from the year 1849)
▪ Aron Ippen (dry-goods; license from the year 1847)
▪ Salomon Kohn (license from the year 1846)
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▪ Aron Lederer (leather; license from the year 1836)
▪ David Lederer (leather; year of license not stated)
▪ Herrmann Lederer (selling scarves and material for trousers at markets; license
from the year 1846)
▪ Markus Lederer (leather; year of license not stated)
▪ Maxmilian Löwy (shopkeeper; license from the year 1839)
▪ Jakob Perlhefter (general merchandise; license from the year 1845)
▪ Simon Polatschek (selling dry-goods at markets; license from the year 1848)
▪ Wilhelm Polatschek (shopkeeper selling dry-goods; license from the year 1846)
▪ Jakob Rosenfeld (scarves; license from the year 1840)
▪ Abraham Schlappl (license from the year 1848)
▪ Jakob Steiner (general merchandise; license from the year 1828)
▪ Markus Steiner (scarves; license from the year 1839)
▪ Emanuel Weiss (license from the year 1849)
▪ David Weissbarth (license from the year 1830)
▪ Lowy Weissbarth (shopkeeper; license from the year 1850)
in Malá Čermná (near Horní Jelení) at the same estate
▪ David Lederer (shopkeeper; license from the year 1849) ••§OL
1871: 227 Jews (including the villages of Příkazy and Vyhnánov) ••*C,*L
1872: 213 Jews (17,95%), 1186 inhabitants ••*K
1874: 210 Jews (ca 17%) ••*K
1880: 50 Jews (4,09%), 0 Protestants, 1221 inhabitants (9 German-speaking inhabitants)
••SL
1883: 24 Jews ••*L
1890: 0 Jews [most probably a printing error], 0 Evangelical,
1355 inhabitants (0 German-speaking inhabitants) ••SL
1900: 24 Jews (1,60%), 0 Evangelical, 1492 inhabitants (0 German-speaking inhabit.)
••SL
1910: 13 Jews (0,70%), 0 Evangelical, 1851 inhabitants (2 German-speaking inhabit.)
••SL
1921: 9 Jews (0,49%), 14 Evangelical, 56 Czechoslovak Church, 194 churchless,
1809 inhabitants (3 German nationality, 0 Jewish nationality)
••SL
1930: 2 Jews (0,09%), 28 Evangelical, 405 Czechoslovak Church, 333 churchless,
2173 inhabitants (17 German nationality) ••SL
Shoah
at the beginning of World War II only two women of the Jewish faith lived in Doudleby
(both died during the Holocaust) ••VZO/1951/27-28
1942 deportation of Jews to Theresienstadt

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Women’s names in the year 1793
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wives, widows daughters wives, widows daughters
2x Abigail 1x Abigail 2x Ludmilla 1x Ludmilla
– 7x Anna 2x Magdalena 1x Magdalena
2x Barbara 2x Barbara 1x Margareth –
3x Elisabeth 4x Elisabeth 1x Maria 1x Maria
1x Ester 8x Ester – 4x Marianna
2x Ewa 1x Ewa 2x Rachl –
1x Franziska 2x Franziska 1x Rebeka 1x Rebeca
– 2x Helena 2x Rosaria 4x Rosalia, Rosaria
– 1x Christiana 4x Rosina 2x Rosina
2x Johanna 2x Johanna 3x Sara 7x Sara
1x Judit 1x Judit 1x Susana 1x Susanna
3x Katharina 4x Katharina 2x Veronika –
••HBE
Familiants in the first half of the 19 th century
43 familiants in circa 1840:
Mojžíš Adler, Ignác A[u]gular, Jeremiáš Dussens, Alžběta widow after Josef
Elbogen, David Fanta, Isak Fischer, Šimon Fischer, Heřman Fuchs, Marek
Grossmann, Mojžíš Grünhut, Marek Hermann, Eliáš Ippen, Abraham Kafka, Eliáš
Kohn, Marek Kohn, Abraham König, Mojžíš Kraus, Abraham Lederer, David
Lederer, Marek Lederer, Filip Löwy, Marek Löwy, Maxmilian (Marek) Löwy, Josef
Meisl, Israel Perlhefter (2x), Jakub Perlhefter, Marek Poláček (formerly from > Kolín,
later transfered to > Rychnov nad Kněžnou), Heřman Rosenfeld, Marek Seidlitz,
Abraham Schneider, Isak Schlappel, Jáchym Sommer, Jakub Steiner, Heřman
Schwarz, Jakub Tausig, Daniel Weissbarth, Jakub Weissbarth, Löwy Weissbarth,
Jakub W[e]ltschek, Samuel Winternitz, Jakub Zeisel, Jakub [illegible surname]
••*L
Fire of Doudleby
1860 ▪ during the fire on 17 August fifteen houses on the northern side of the Jewish
street were destroyed (the fire started in the house of Samuel Weissbarth, called
Vošblauník), the houses on the southern side of the street including the synagogue
survived; „Count František of Bubna... [owner of the chateau and manor] in his
nightgown was in charge of the fire engine and tried to extinguish the fire“
••*K,*L
▪ (the fire engine was purchased by Doudleby in 1836 for 2022 guldens:
the Jewish community contributed 139 guldens, the Count contributed 250 guldens)
••*K
1861 during the fire on 17 August seventeen Jewish houses burnt down ••§ML

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1861 during the fire on 17 August in the evening 17 Jewish houses burnt down
„und die Khille beinah auflöste. Ein beklagenswerther Fall für Doudleb“ ••§ML
the fire caused the Jews to move from Doudleby ••*K
Other events
1772 ▪ in house no. 52 by the bridge a Christian girl called Bětuška was murdered before
Pesach and a young man called Joseph was accused of ritual murder
▪ „people gathered“ in the Jewish quarter but musketeers managed to stop violence
▪ the non Jewish murdered was later sentenced and executed
▪ The book by David Fanta entitled Judith, eine Ghettogeschichte aus Daudleb,
published by E. Weil in Prague in 1875 was based on this case ••*L
Religious community
circa 1870 the Jewish community has 40 members ••SSJ
1893 „the Jewish community is over 100 years old and is now administered by the Jewish
community in Kostelec nad Orlicí“ ••JCB
1893 the Jewish community „Doudleby-Kostelec“ has 150 members ••JCB,*A
1896 seat of the religious community was transferred from Doudleby to > Kostelec nad
Orlicí ••*A
1930 total number 80 people ••*A
1930 unsuccessful negotiations took place aimed at merging the Jewish religious community
with that in Rychnov nad Kněžnou ••*A
Heads of the religious community in Doudleby
1814 Salomon Bär and Isak Tausig ••*L
1831 Abraham Fleischner ••*L
1856 Markus Großmann ••SKA
1870s Josua Löwy ••*A
1875-77 Heřman Steiner ••*A,*L
1880-83 Joachim Rosenfeld ••SFB
18?? Samuel Ledeč ••*A
18?? Alois Spiegel ••*A
1877-96 Joachim Rosenfeld ••*A
(born 13.4.1837 – died 16.5.1904, his tombstone is to be found in the cemetery
in > Vamberk) ••Y
1893 Alois Spiegel ••JCB
Local representatives of the religious community in Kostelec nad Orlicí
1893-03 Joachim Rosenfeld from Doudleby, representative of the Kostelec nad Orlicí
Jewish community ••JCB,KI
1906-18 Heinrich Bergmann from Doudleby, representative of the Kostelec nad Orlicí
Jewish religious community ••KI

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Rabbis
end of the 18 th century: Josef Elbogen (pertaining to >Mladá Boleslav; the only hitherto
recorded rabbi active in Doudleby) ••BHR,PSR
(in 1807-20 he was the rabbi in > Smíchov near Prague) ••BHR,PSR,§B2,§K2
after the transfer of the religious community to Kostelec nad Orlicí rabbis had their seats
in there:
before 1895 Leopold Singer ••RCC
(the same rabbi or a rabbi bearing the same name Leopold [Peltiel b. David] Singer
was a rabbi in > Přeštice in 1894-1934 and was also buried there) ••KI,ZKH,§P
1895-97 Abraham Rassner ••KI
1897-04 Leopold Pollak ••KI,§C2,D3
(born in 1855-56; in 1881-91 active as a cantor in > Sázava and in > Vraný
near Louny, in 1904-14 rabbi in > Domažlice; most probably the same L. P.
in 1920-21 rabbi in > Pelhřimov) ••KI,SZO,ZKH,ZMB/Heřm.Městec
1905-10 Josef Kraus ••KI,RCC,§N1
(most probably the same J. K. before 1905 rabbi in > Kostelec nad Labem,
in > Libáň, in > Městec Králové and in > Kozolupy near Plzeň or in > Kdyně;
in 1911 rabbi in > Libáň and in 1912-15 in > Zbraslav) ••JCB,KI,RCC,§A
1911-18 J. [Josef?] Müller ••KI
(around 1930 he is recorded in Kostelec nad Orlicí as a teacher of religion, so he
was probably still active as a rabbi [which is not recorded]; before 1910 probably
the same Josef M. was a rabbi in > Březnice) ••*A,*P
Cantors
before 1793 Adam Wendelis (in 1793 „gewester Cantor“; he has 6 children) ••HBS
1793 Salomon Jakob (single, childless, came from Poland) ••HBS
1842-50 Josua b. Michael Stransky („Sänger“) ••§L1
1843-49 Abraham Fischel, house no. 28 (in 1847 active also as a registrar) ••§D2,§Z2
(for „about 34 years“ he was active as a cantor, shochet and teacher) ••*L
1850 the community has a cantor ••FR
1864-67 Eduard Weiss from Doudleby (in 1868 moved to > Vamberk where he earned
his living as a salesman) ••§D2,§L1
before 1895 Leopold Singer (rabbi) ••RCC
1896-97 Leopold Goldmann („Chasen“) ••KI
1898-02 Leopold Pollak (rabbi) ••KI
Teachers
1828-31 Aron Robitschek/Roubitschek (teacher; originally came from Pošná from
the Proseč [near Pacov] estate), house no. V ••*L,§D1
1847 Abraham Großmann (teacher of religion), house no. 1 ••§D1
1851 Jonas Alter (teacher of religion) ••§D1

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1852 Abraham Großmann (teacher of religion), house no. 18 ••§Z2
1865 Em. Kohn (teacher, he spent „many years“ working as a teacher and shochet)
••*L,§D1
1865-66 Eduard Weiss (teacher of religion, cantor) ••§L1
1868-74 Leopold Fuchs from Doudleby (teacher of religion, in 1870-74 also recorded
as a mohel) ••§D1
1893 Leopold Singer (teacher of religion, probably rabbi) ••JCB,*A
Shammashes
1783 Alexander David („community attendant“, married, with no unmarried children)
••HBS
1793 Markus Großmann („community attendant“: „Servus bei der Gemeinde“) ••HBS
1845-71 Abraham Lederer, house no. 5, in 1871 house no. 64 („Gemeindiener,
Synagogendiener, Schuldiener“) ••§D2
Mohels active in Doudleby
1814-33 Salomon Ochs from Potštejn ••§D1
1834-48 Siegfried Wolf from Vyhnánov, house no. 34 (wife Maria, daughter of Jakob
Löwy from Vyhnánov) ••§D1
1844-88 Abraham Pick („geprüfter Operateur“) from > Žamberk, house no. 14 ••§D1
1864-68 Eduard Weiss (until 1867 active as a cantor in Doudleby, from 1868 salesman
in > Vamberk) ••§D1,§L1
1868-69 Jeremias Munk from > Rokytnice in Orlické hory ••§D1
1870-74 Leopold Fuchs from Doudleby (teacher of religion) ••§D1
Natives of Doudleby living elsewhere in the 19 th century
Salomon Fischer – journalist in Vienna ••*K
Louis Fleischer – salesman in > Teplice ••*K
Zikmund Fleischer – salesman in > Brandýs nad Orlicí ••*K
Abraham Lederer – moved to New York around the year 1861 ••*K
(according to ••§EL he moved in 1844)
Heinrich Löhner, born 22.4.1838, died 17.5.1920 in Vienna – from 1864 editor of Prager
Geschäftszeitung, from 1868 editor of Prager Abendblatt, later lived in Vienna:
in 1880-95 editor of Wiener Zeitung, 1895-1903 worked in the press department
of the Prime Minister; author of feuilletons and essays (e.g. book of feuilletons
Reiseskizzen aus Albanien, d. Ostsee, über Helgoland, 1877), awardee of medals
and orders ••§DP
▪ [••*K records: Jindřich Lehnert (originally Löwy), born 1838 in house no. 2-I
– editor of Pražské noviny, later Advisor to the Government]
▪ [••*L records: Jindřich Löhner (originally Joachim ben Markus [Maximilian] Löw),
born circa 1834 – Advisor to the Emperor, awarded the Order of Merit – Gold
Cross with Crown]

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Herman Poláček– moved to New York in 1866 ••*K
Markus Rosenfeld – salesman in Prague ••*K
Ignác Schwartz – salesman in > Trutnov ••*K
Jonathan Steiner – salesman in Slatina near Žamberk ••*K
Herman Weissbarth – salesman in > Šumperk ••*K
Another notable native
Herman Rosenfeld (veteran dragoon ) awarded the Military Cross („Armee-Kreuz“)
by Emperor Franz I ••*K
School
after 1840 in house on the lot no. 105, house no. XVIII (later no. XIX), area of lot 44 s 2
(s = six feet): in 1840 the house belonged to Jakob Wltschek, later to the Jewish
community (note: „2 Zimmer Judenschule“) ••BPP,DSK
1856 school in house no. 17 ••SKA
about 1870 a school (with 10 students) is situated in a house belonging to the Jewish
community ••SSJ
1875 after the visit of the district school inspector „the unauthorised and inadequately
maintained school“ had to be closed down ••*L
1890 the religious German school housed in the community house with the ritual bath
was closed down (the German school „was closed down due to the activity of the
Czech-Jewish National Union“) ••*A
Mikvah
„by the bridge, near house no. 52“, originally a wooden house, in 1838 rebuilt „using hard
material“ ••*L
1840-56 (probably before and after) in the „Reinigungshaus“, lot no. 113 (no house
number), belonging to the Jewish community (area of lot 19 s 2 ) ••BPP,DSK
the mikvah was in a community house in which a school was situated until 1890 ••*A
1896-98 a mikvah existed in the Jewish community of > Kostelec nad Orlicí ••KI
[it is not stated whether the mikvah was in Doudleby or Kostelec nad Orlicí]
the existence of a mikvah is not recorded later on ••KI
1999 the location of the mikvah was identified by PhDr Arno Pařík from the Jewish
Museum of Prague
Dormitory for journeyers
in cottage no. 50 there used to be a „herberge“ (from German Herberge) for „begging
Jews passing by“ (at the beginning of the 20 th century it was converted into an inn
owned by František Pavlát) ••*L

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Societies, associations and foundations
Chevra Kaddisha:
about 1870 the Jewish Burial Society exists ••SSJ
after 1870 head of the Burial Society – Josua Löwy ••*A
1893-1911 head of the Burial Society – Heinrich Popper (resident in > Kostelc nad Orlicí)
••JCB
1912-1918 head of the Burial Society – Arnošt/Ernst Šlapl/Schlapl (resident
in > Vamberk) ••KI
circa 1930 head of the Burial Society – Arnošt Šlapl (resident in > Vamberk) ••*A
Charity foundation for the poor („Armenstiftung“):
circa 1870 the foundation already exists ••SSJ
Notable professions, trades and crafts
sofer:
1833-36 Samuel Winternitz, house no. XII ••§D1
wine-distillers:
1783 Abraham Mautner ••HBS
tanners:
1783 Isac Marcus (with a single journeyman Joachim Joseph) ••HBS
1783 Marcus Benjamin (married tanner-journeyman) ••HBS
1793 Jonas Fanta ••HBE
1793 Jakob Lederer ••HBE
1793 Joseph Lederer ••HBE
1793 Nathan Schwartz ••HBE
1828-36 Simon Hönig, no. X ••§D1
cutter of garnets:
1783-93 Joachim Polatschek/Polaczek (in 1783 childless, in 1793 two children) ••HBS
tailors:
1783 Jacob David ••HBS
1793 Dawid Fischer ••HBE
1828-39 Simon Spitz/Spitzer, house no. VIII, XX, 31 ••§D1
bakers:
1793 Lev Seidlitz ••HBE
do 1833 Moses b. Samuel Lederer (died at the age of 46 in 1833), house no. VII ••§D3
glue maker:
1832-38 Jakob Wiltschek, house no. XVIII ••§D1
stocking-weaver:
before 1844 Michael Stransky (stocking-weaver; in 1844 no longer lived; wife Josephina
born Fischer from house no. 22), house no. 17 ••§L1

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tombstone cutter:
„a great number of tombstones in the cemetery in Vamberk were made by Winternitz,
a Jew from Doudleby “ ••*L
[most probably Samuel W., recorded in 1856 to be living in house no. XII]
factory owner:
1894 - Heinrich Bergmann (31-year-old, originally from > Vysoké Mýto) ••§H2
Jewish residential district
the Jewish residential district was located on the southern (left) bank of the river Divoká
Orlice, west of the bridge across the river, along the road to Příkazy (on the opposite
bank of the Orlice river lies the chateau with its outbuildings and the historical core
of the village along the main road from Kostelec nad Orlicí to Vamberk)
the Jewish residential district most probably existed in this location as early as the first half
of the 18 th century
the main axis was the street called Školní ulice (previously called Habrmanova), on the south
a parallel street (today the main road called Švermova ulice) – the street Na Benátkách
conversely cuts across both streets
Jewish houses formed in the first half of the 19 th century a compact whole along the streets
Školní ulice and Na Benátkách – however, among the Jewish houses there were also
several Christian houses
in the first half of the 19 th century there was only one Jewish house (lot no. 161, house
no. XXVII) outside the Jewish quarter – it stood 200 meters south-east of the
synagogue, on the western (left) bank of the Orlice river ••BPP,IS,KP
„the ghetto“ (in the place called „Na spáleništi“) was separated from the remaining part
of the village by chains ••*C
„the ghetto“ was separated from the Christian part of the village by „a wire or a rope on
the eastern side – from the house of the salesman Israel Perlhaeftr („today house of
Ant. Kaňka“) to the opposite house of the salesman Jakub Steiner“ ••*L
[i.e. on the eastern end of present Školní ulice: the house of the Steiners (lot no. 115)
used to stand on the northern side and the house of the Perlhefters (lot no. 109)
on the southern side of the street]
1840 the Jewish quarter consists of 31 dwelling houses ••RJC
1860 ▪ during the fire on 17 August fifteen houses on the northern side of the Jewish street
(i.e. Školní ulice, Habrmanova ulice) were destroyed. The fire started in the house
owned by Samuel Weissbarth, called Vošblauník (i.e. lot no. 104, house no. XVII)
▪ houses on the southern part of the street and the synagogue survived the fire ••*K
1861 seventeen Jewish houses were burnt down in the fie on 17 April ••§ML
[the year 1861 („sechseigens“) is also documented in writing by the registrar of the
Jewish community and is thus believed to be a more reliable source for determining
the year of the fire]

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Houses with Jewish inhabitants
about 1789 the total number of 14 houses with Roman numerals and Jewish inhabitants
is recorded ••JK
1833 29 Jewish (22,13%) and 102 Christian houses are recorded in the village
••*K[SKB]
1834 25 Jewish houses are recorded in the village ••*C
1840 ▪ 33 dwelling houses owned by Jews are recorded (and the synagogue and the mikvah)
▪ about a third of the Jewish houses were built of stone or bricks and two thirds were
built of wood
▪ the smallest 2 houses – lot no. 108 (house no XIX) and lot no. 119 (house no. IIb)
– consist of only one room
▪ the largest houses were on lot no. 117 (house no IIa) with four rooms and on lots
no. 100, 112, 115, 120, 124 and 128 (each with three rooms) ••BPP,DSK
1856 37 dwelling houses owned by Jews are recorded (and the synagogue and the mikvah)
••BPP,DSK
1860 31 Jewish houses are recorded in the village ••*K
1861 17 Jewish houses were destroyed by the fire ••§ML
owners and residents of individual houses
(R = room equipped with heating, SR = side room with no heating):
lot
no.
house
no.
7 112
8 111
88,
89
IX
owners and some residents
year
(data recorded by the registrar about inhabitants related only
to one year may not be correct)
1840 owner Christian, Emanuel Zollschneider
– brick house built outside the Jewish quarter, on
the northern bank of the Orlice river, at the foot
of the chateau rise, in Dukelská street
1856 owner Lewi Weisbart
1840 owner Christian, František Neumann
– brick house built outside the Jewish quarter, on
the northern bank of the Orlice river, at the foot
of the chateau rise, in Dukelská street
1856 owner Simon Spitz
1789 Joachim Joseph
1801-1835 Jakob Leder/Lederer (peddler; died at the age of
75 in 1835; wife Barbara, daughter of Isak Fanta
from Doudleby, died at the age of 75 in 1838)
1805 Jeremias Desensy from Doudleby married Teres,
daughter of Jakob Patek from > Brandýs nad
Orlicí)
number
of R / SR
in 1840
6 / 1
6 / 0

16
lot
no.
88,
89
(cont.)
house
no.
IX
(cont.)
88 IXa
89 IXb,
later
XXXI
90 114,
later
XXX
owners and some residents
year
(data recorded by the registrar about inhabitants related only
to one year may not be correct)
1815-1834 David Leder/Ledrer (trading in leather;
from 1815 married, wife Judita, daughter of
Herman Löwy from Doudleby; their 16-year-old
son Isak died in 1832)
1825 Joachim Seidlitz died at the age of 75
1827 Ludmila, daughter of Jakob Ledrer ↑ got married
to Moses Grünhut from Náchod)
1828-1836 Abraham Leder (leather trade; in 1828 married
Johanna, daughter of Salomon Perlhefter from
Doudleby: she died at the age of 30 in 1837)
1833 Aron Ledrer (born in 1803), son of Jakob ↑
Lederer married Rosalia/Rosina [born in 1807],
daughter of Jakob Weisenstein)
– see house no. XXV
1837 Eva Löwy, daughter of Lebel L. from Doudleby
died at the age of 88
1837-1839 Markus Ledrer/Lederer (leather trade) married to
Mari/Mary, daughter of Herman Grosman from
Doudleby)
1840-1856 owner Markus/Marek Lederer (born in 1801;
in 1834 married Magdalena also called Marie
born in 1808; 1st son Jakub born in 1837) ••§EL
– in 1840 a brick house, the furthest house west
in the Jewish quarter
2001 – house probably with original walls, Školní
ulice
1840-1856 owner David Lederer (born in 1791; married to
Judita (born in 1792); son Samuel [born in 1824,
tanner-journeyman], left for America in 1844 )
••§EL
– a brick house in 1840
2001 – ground floor house, Školní ulice
1840 owner Christian Josef Mára
– in 1840 a brick house, Školní ulice
1856 owner Markus Grossmann
2001 – house no longer exists
number
of R / SR
in 1840
2 / 0
2 / 1

17
lot
no.
house
no.
93 X,
132
94
XII
owners and some residents
year
(data recorded by the registrar about inhabitants related only
to one year may not be correct)
1789 Herzmann (widower H. or widow H.)
1803-1820 Joachim Polatschek (died in 1820 at the age
of 58, married)
1812 Joachim Perlhefter (daughter Helena gets
married)
1815-1825 Jakob Polatschek (in 1815 married Elisabet,
daughter of Abraham Somer from Náchod)
1817 Chabela died at the age of 55
1828-1836 Simon Hönig (tanner, in 1836 „leather trade“;
wife Barbara/Babet, daughter of Salomon Winer
from Mladá Boleslav)
1833-1836 Jakob Perlhefter (trading in cattle hide; in 1833
married Rosalia, daughter of Abraham
Breitenfeld from the > Rychmburk estate)
1840-1856 owner Abraham Fischer (shopkeeper; he
produced flour for matzo)
– in 1840 a brick house
2001 – a new house built on the lot, Školní ulice
1789 Alexander David (shammash in 1783)
1799-1813 David Winternitz (died at the age of 51 in 1813;
wife Judita, daughter of Markus Fischer from
Doudleby)
1832 Judita Winternitz ↑ (widow), died at the age
of 65
1833-1856 Samuel Winternitz (sofer; in 1840-56 owner of
the house; married in 1833 – wife called Judita
or Johanna, daughter of Samuel Ledrer from
Doudleby) – in 1840 a brick house
133 2001 – ground floor house, Školní ulice
95 XI
1789 Marcus Lobl
1807 Magdalina Tausek died at the age of 74
1808-1827 Isak Tausek (died in 1827 at the age of 75)
1816-1860 Jakob Tausek/Tausik/Tausig (peddler;
in 1840-60 owner of the house; in 1815 married
Rosalia, daughter of Israel Wessely
from Rychnov nad Kněžnou) ••§L1
– in 1840 a wooden house in the street north of
Školní street
1831 Magdalina Tausek died at the age of 70
1860-1861 – the house burnt down
number
of R / SR
in 1840
2 / 1
1 / 1
2 / 0

18
lot
no.
house
no.
96 XII
97 XV
owners and some residents
year
(data recorded by the registrar about inhabitants related only
to one year may not be correct)
1789 Herzman Hersche (widower H. H. or widow
H. H.)
1801 Joachim Somer (his daughter got married)
1809 Rosa Lederer died of TB at the age of 68
1811 Rosara Lederer died at the age of 30
1816-1840 Joseph Sommer (in 1840 owner of the house;
in 1816 married Franziska, daughter of Löwy
Kohn from Doudleby)
1826 Susana Sommer died at the age of 68
1827 Simon Fischer (trading in scarves; wife Ludmila,
daughter of the shochet Moses Tausek
from > Chotěboř)
1829-1833 Löwy Weisbart (salesman; in 1829 married
Franziska, daughter of Samuel Mahler
from > Vamberk) – see also house no. XVII
1831 David Hilsheimer (beggar) died at the age of 80
1832 Joachim Sommer from Doudleby died at the age
of 86
1837 Jakob Rosenfeld (trading in scarves; wife
Barbora, daughter of Daniel Safir from Kolín)
1840 – wooden house
1856-1860 owner Jakob Wlczek
– the house was destroyed by fire in 1860-1861
1803 Markus Großman died at the age of 70
1804-1860 Herrmann Grossmann (in 1840-60 owner of the
house; in 1804 married Ester/Teres/Nany,
daughter of Abraham Löwy from Doudleby)
– in 1840 a wooden house
1812-1837 Markus Grosman (trading in dry-goods; in 1835
married Paulina, daughter of Löwy Pik
from > Rychnov nad Kněžnou)
1814 Abraham Großman died at the age of 28
1823 Ludmila Großman died at the age of 68
1834 Magdelina, daughter of Herman Großman ↑ gets
married (husband Markus Ledrer from
Doudleby)
1860-1861 – the house burnt down
number
of R / SR
in 1840
2 / 0
3 / 0

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lot
no.
house
no.
98 XXV
99 XXVI
100 XXIV
owners and some residents
year
(data recorded by the registrar about inhabitants related only
to one year may not be correct)
1803-1832 Markus Polatczek (wife Sara, daughter of Jakob
Tausig from Doudleby, died at the age of 72 in
1832)
1834-1860 Aron Ledrer/Lederer (dealer in leather from the
Hönig tannery; son of Jakob L. from house
no. IX; born in 1803; in 1840-60 owner of the
house; wife Rosalia also called Rosina [born in
1807], daughter of Jakob Weißenstein from
> Barchůvek; 1st son Julius born in 1839)
••§EL
– in 1840 a wooden house; destroyed by fire in
1860-1861
1804-1812 Markus Rosenfeld (died at the age of 75 in 1812;
married)
1807-1840 Herrmann Rosenfeld (in 1840 owner of the
house; in 1807 married Marina, daughter of
Lazar Wiesner from Náchod)
– a wooden house in 1840
1816 Jakob Rosenfeld married Rebeka, daughter of
Herman Markus from > Podbřezí)
1827 Katrina Rosenfeld died at the age of 74
after 1840 owned by Barbara Rosenfeld
later owned by Jakob Bergmann
1860-1861 owner Christian Josef Veselý (the house burnt
down)
1984-2001 – house no longer exists, the street Školní ulice
was widened
1814-1840 Abraham Fleischner (in 1840 owner of the
house; wife Teres, daughter of Jonas Fanta from
Doudleby)
– a wooden house in 1840
1839 Isak Fischer (trading in dry-goods) died at the
age of 74
1856-1860 owner Sigmund Fleischner
– the house was destroyed by fire in 1860-1861
1984-2001 – ground floor house with Art-Nouveau features,
on the corner of the streets Školní and Na
Benátkách
number
of R / SR
in 1840
2 / 0
1 / 1
3 / 1

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lot
no.
house
no.
101 XVI
102 XIV
104 XVII
owners and some residents
year
(data recorded by the registrar about inhabitants related only
to one year may not be correct)
1804 David Kohn died at the age of 78
1805-1810 Moises Kohn (died at the age of 69 in 1810; wife
Ludmilla, daughter of Markus Klein
from > Kovanice)
1805-1856 Löwy/Löw/Markus Kohn (trading in dry-goods;
in 1840-56 owner of the house; in 1805 married
Anna/Johanna, daughter of David Kohn from
Makov; in 1835 married Judita/Julie, daughter
of Markus Freund from Luže)
– a wooden house in 1840, street Na Benátkách
1813 Moyses Löwy Kohn died at the age of 65
1818 Lenora Kohn died at the age of 69
1820 Jakob Löbel Kohn died at the age of 72
1860-1861 owner Ignaz Balbier (the house burnt down)
1789 Lobl Marcus
1800-1823 Elias Ippen (died at the age of 52 in 1823; wife
Ludmila, daughter of Joseph Bachrach from
Doudleby, died at the age of 65 in 1827)
1801 Joseph Bachrach died at the age of 71
1806 Vigalia [?] Baroch died at the age of 82
1831-1840 Herrmann Ippen (trading in dry-goods; in 1840
owner of the house; wife Ester, daughter
of Jakob Leder from Doudleby)
– a wooden house in 1840, street Na Benátkách
1856-1860 owner Jakob Ippen
– the house was destroyed by fire in 1860-1861
1803-1828 Michl Stransky (stocking weaver; died at the age
of 54 in 1828; wife Sara, daughter of David
Fischer from Doudleby)
1817 Herrman Rosenfeld (wife Mariana, daughter
of Lazar Weisner from Náchod)
1817-1822 Jakob Rosenfeld (wife Rebeka, daughter
of Herman Stark from > Podbřezí)
1829 Lewy Weisbart from Doudleby married
Franziska, daughter of Samuel Mahler from
Vamberk)
– see house no. XIII
1835-1861 Jakob Weissbart[h] (trading in washing blue; in
1856-61 owner of the house; in 1835 married
Rosa, daughter of Moises Ledrer from > Luže
number
of R / SR
in 1840
1 / 1
1 / 1

21
lot
no.
104
(cont.)
house
no.
XVII
(cont.)
105 XVIII,
later
XIX,
155
106 XX
owners and some residents
year
(data recorded by the registrar about inhabitants related only
to one year may not be correct)
1839 Markus Freind (married, born in Luže) died at
the age of 68
1840 owner Samuel Weiszbarth
– a wooden house in 1840, ulice Na Benátkách
1860-1861 – the fire of the Jewish quarter started in this
house
1799-1831 Samuel Pick (died at the age of 80 in 1831;
in 1799 married Katrina, daughter of Jakob
Weisbart from Doudleby)
1801 Jakob Weisbarth died at the age of 74
1802 Estera Weißbarth died at the age of 68
1802 Katharina Spanider [?]died at the age of 65
1815 Elisabet Schneder died at the age of 52
1821 Rebeka Schneder died at the age of 58
1826 S. Schneider died at the age of 70
1832-1840 Jakob Wildschek/Wltschek (in 1832
manufactured glue, in 1838 traded in washing
blue; in 1840 owner of the house; wife Anna,
daughter of Samuel Leder from Doudleby)
– a wooden house in 1840
1852 Abraham Großmann (teacher of religion) ••§Z2
1856-1861 owned by the Jewish community
(= school in two rooms)
– the house was destroyed by fire in 1860-1861)
2001 – a new ground floor house was built on a part
of the original lot, on the corner of the streets
Školní and Na Benátkách: the street Školní ulice
was widened
1815-1817 Joachim Löwy (wife Johanna, daughter of
Moises Ledrer/Lederer from > Rychnov nad
Kněžnou)
1822-1840 Abraham Hönig (leather trade; in 1840 owner of
the house; in 1822 married Anna/Nany, daughter
of Salomon Perlhefter from Doudleby)
– a wooden house in 1840, Školní ulice
1834 Simon Spitz (tailor; wife Rosalia, daughter of
Jakob Pik from Doudleby)
1856-1860 owner Isak Schwarz
– the house was destroyed by fire in 1860-1861
number
of R / SR
in 1840
3 / 0
2 / 0

22
lot
no.
house
no.
107 XXI
108 XIX,
later
XXIIa
109 XXII
owners and some residents
year
(data recorded by the registrar about inhabitants related only
to one year may not be correct)
1804 Joachim Poper (his daughter gets married)
1808 Isak Klepetarsch from Doudleby gets married
in the house (wife Anna, daughter of Daniel
Gensler from Náchod)
1809-1828 Isak Schlapl (died at the age of 50 in 1828; wife
Anna, daughter of Daniel Gensler from Náchod)
1812 Ludmila Poper died at the age of 72
1814 Herman Schlapel died at the age of 68
1818 Löwy Zeißner (peddler, widower; familiant of
the > Přestavlky [near Doudleby] estate) died at
the age of 74
1821 Apolina Lederer died at the age of 68
1840 owned by Katharina Schlappel
– a wooden house in 1840, Školní ulice
1856-1861 owner Abraham Schlappel/Šlapl
– the house was destroyed by fire in 1860-1861
and the owner moved to > Vamberk
1806 Estera Lederer died of TB at the age of 40
1810 Jakob Lederer died at the age of 75
1811 Johanna Lederer died of TB at the age of 42
1818 David Hilsheim [?] (wife Helena, daughter
of Salomon Leder from Doudleby)
1820-1829 Jakob Fischer (wife Katrina, daughter of
Valentin Lederer from Náchod) – see also lot
no. 109
1840 owner Valentin Fischer
– in 1840 a wooden house in the no longer
existent street north of the street Školní ulice
1856 owner Jakob Steiner
1815 Isak Fischer from Doudleby married Teres,
daughter of Isak Tausek from Doudleby)
1818-1836 Jakob Fischer (wife Katy, daughter of Valentin
Lederer from Náchod, died at the age of 45
in 1836) – see also lot no. 108
1825 David Fischer died at the age of 72
1832 Judita Fischer (widow) died at the age of 90
1840-1856 owner Jakob Steiner
– a wooden house in 1840, Školní ulice
1860-1861 owner Františka Steinerová (the house burnt
down)
number
of R / SR
in 1840
3 / 0
1 / 0
2 / 0

23
lot
no.
house
no.
112 XXIII
113 0
115,
116
I
owners and some residents
year
(data recorded by the registrar about inhabitants related only
to one year may not be correct)
1805 Ludmila Agular died at the age of 80
1807-1840 Herrmann Agular (butcher; he came from
Častolovice; in 1840 house owner; in 1807
married Johanna, daughter of Jakob Feldman
from > Nový Bydžov; in 1827 second wife
Ludmila or Franziska, daughter of Samuel
Agular from Častolovice: died in 1838 at the age
of 42)
– a brick house in 1840 in the no longer existent
street north of the street Školní ulice
1856-1860 owner Simon/Šimon Polaczek/Poláček
– the house burn down in 1860-1861
2001 – a sports ground was built on the lot
1840-1856 owner „Daudleb Israelitische Familien“
(= mikvah: – „Reinigungshaus“)
– a brick house in 1840
2001 – a new school building in the street
Na Benátkách
1789 David Elias Krasny [?]
1801-1824 Salomon Perlhefter (died in 1824 at the age of
59; wife Theres, daughter of Jakob from
„Stetteren“, died in 1826 at the age of 62)
1804 Sary Perlhefter died at the age of 65
1814 Jachim Leder (wife Johanna, daughter of Markus
Grosman from Doudleby)
1823 Rosalie Seidel [?] died at the age of 72
1825 Löwy Seidlitz died at the age of 79
1829-1835 Israel Perlhefter (dealer in leather and
shopkeeper; in 1829 married Eva, daughter of
Markus Polatschek from Doudleby)
1834 Markus Polatschek from Doudleby died at the
age of 82
1834-1839 Jakob Perlhefter (leather trade; wife Rosalia,
daughter of Abraham Breitenfeld from the
> Rychmburk estate)
1847 Abraham Großmann (teacher of religion)
••§D1
number
of R / SR
in 1840
3 / 1

24
lot
no.
house
no.
115 Ia
116 Ib
117,
119
117
II
owners and some residents
year
(data recorded by the registrar about inhabitants related only
to one year may not be correct)
1840 owner Israel Perlhefter
– a wooden house north of the street Švermova
ulice
1856 owner Markus Rosenfeld
1984-2001 – the house no longer exists
1840 owner Israel Perlhefter
– a wooden house north of the street Švermova
ulice
1856 owner Markus Rosenfeld
1984-2001 – the house does not exist
1789 Joseph Harche
1802 Herman Löwy (married)
1802-1803 Jakob Fuchs (in 1802 married Rosalia, daughter
of Herman ↑ Löwy)
1806 Mariana Löwy died at the age of 75
1807 Jakob Löwy from Doudleby married Eva,
daughter of Joseph Weise from > Rokytnice
in Orlické hory)
1819 Herman Löbl Löwy died at the age of 68
1821-1839 Markus Löwy (dealer in potash and dry-goods; in
1821 married Anna, daughter of Isak Weis
from > Rokytnice in Orlické hory)
1824-1840 Max Löwy (trading in dry-goods; in 1824
married Anna/Teres, daughter of Elias
Breitenfeld from Uhersko near Vysoké Mýto)
1827 Katrina Löwy died at the age of 75
1833 Jakob Perlhefter from Doudleby married Rosalia,
daughter of Abraham Breitenfeld from the
> Rychmburk estate)
1833 Joachim Perlhefter from Doudleby married
Anna, daughter of Gabriel Herman
from > Přestavlky near Chrudim)
IIa 1840-1856 owner Maxmilian Löwy
– a wooden semi-detached house in 1840
122 2001 – a 19 th -century ground floor brick house, street
Školní ulice
118 0 1840-1856 owned by Maxmilian Löwy and Markus Löwy
– courtyard, street Švermova ulice
number
of R / SR
in 1840
3 / 1
3 / 1
4 / 0

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Portal of house no. 135 (originally no. XXIX, belonging to the Fanta and Agular families)
in Švermova street.
House no. 122 (originally no. IIa, belonging to the Löwy family) in Školní street.

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lot
no.
119
120
121,
122
house
no.
year
owners and some residents
(data recorded by the registrar about inhabitants related only
to one year may not be correct)
IIb 1840-1856 owner Markus Löwy
– a wooden house in 1840
140 2001 – one-storey house, a bistro on the ground floor,
street Na Benátkách
XXIX 1801 Rosa Fanta died at the age of 75
1801-1813 Jonas Fanta (wife Franciska, daughter of Herman
Borges/Porges from > Pulice)
1828-1840 David Fanta (in 1831 dealer in potash, in 1832
a distiller in B...; in 1840 owner of the house;
in 1828 married Babet, daughter of Jakob Fuchs
from Horní Jelení)
– a brick house, street Švermova ulice
1837 Sara, daughter of Jonas Fanta ↑ married Samuel
Arkele from Prague
1838 31-year-old Josefa Fanta, daughter of Jonas ↑ F.,
married 32-year-old Leopold Adler from
> Radnice
1838 Abraham Henik/Hönig from Doudleby (leather
trade) died at the age of 42
1856 owner Herrmann Agular
135 1984-2001 – a ground floor house with a decorative
polychrome stone portal
III 1789 Jacob Isak Lobl
1810 Abraham Wultschek died at the age of 27
1816-1818 Isak Fischer (wife Teres, daughter of Isak Tausek
from Doudleby)
1819-1824 Joachim Schwartz (died at the age of 98 in 1824)
1823-1830 Jakob Wultschek/Wiltschek (leather trade and
other goods) in 1823 married Anna, daughter of
Samuel Leder/Ledrer from Doudleby)
1825 Johanna Wultschek died at the age of 71
1825-1834 Isak Schwarz (butcher, in 1832-34 peddler; wife
Katrin, daughter of Jakob Eisner from
> Hroubovice)
1827-1836 Herman Schwarz (peddler dealing in textile,
in 1824 married Sara, daughter of Gottlieb Kraus
from Kolín)
number
of R / SR
in 1840
1 / 0
3 / 1

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lot
no.
121,
122
(cont.)
house
no.
III
(cont.)
121 IIIb,
later
IIIa
122 IIIa,
later
IIIb
123 IV
owners and some residents
year
(data recorded by the registrar about inhabitants related only
to one year may not be correct)
1829-1831 Simon Fischer (in 1829 dealing in scarves,
in 1831 a distiller in > Kostelec nad Orlicí; wife
Ludmilla, daughter of Moises Tausek from
> Chotěboř)
1832 Rebeka, wife of Jakob Rosenfeld died at the age
of 51
1835-1839 Jakob Rosenfeld (dealing in scarves; married to
Barbara, daughter of Daniel Safir from Kolín)
1836 Katrina, wife of Nathan Schwartz died at the age
ca 1836
of 94
Abraham Lederer (born in 1799; wife Franziska,
born in 1805) ••§EL
1836-1839 Abraham Schneider (peddler selling scarves;
from 1836 married to Barbora, daughter of Usias
Löwy from Doudleby)
ca 1857 Emanuel Friedländer (wife Theresia, born in
1829; 1st son Theodor born in 1857) ••§EL
1840-1856 owner Herrmann Schwarz
– in 1840 a wooden house, street Na Benátkách
1840-1856 owner Abraham Schneider
– in 1840 a wooden house, on the corner of the
streets Školní and Na Benátkách
1789 Isak Markus (a tanner in 1783)
1803-1840 Valentin Schlapl/Schlappel (trading in
dry-goods; in 1840 owner of the house; in 1803
married Johanna, daughter of Jakob Woplatek
from „Jeschtin“)
– a brick house, street Školní ulice
1808 David Baron died at the age of 72
1817 Abraham Fleischner (wife Teres, daughter
of Jonas Fanta from Doudleby)
1840 Sara Schlappel, daughter of Valentin ↑ S.,
married Joseph Kisch, a tailor from > Podbřezí
1856 owner Jakob Schlappel
number
of R / SR
in 1840
2 / 0
2 / 0
2 / 0

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lot
no.
124
house
no.
V
owners and some residents
year
(data recorded by the registrar about inhabitants related only
to one year may not be correct)
1789 Markus Jachim
1800-1806 Herrman Lowy (wife Babet, daughter of Markus
Schlapl from Doudleby)
1809 Barbora Schlapel died at the age of 71
1818-1827 Isak Fischer (wife Theres, daughter of Isak
Tausik from Doudleby)
1821 Abraham Löwy (his daughter gets married)
1828-1830 Aron Robitschek (teacher; came from Pošná
near Pacov; wife Sara, daughter of Isaias Kauder)
1829-1856 Markus Löwy (dealing in leather and dry goods;
in 1840-56 owner of the house; in 1829 married
Katrina, daughter of Seligman Schück from
Adršpach)
– a brick house in 1840, north of the street
Švermova ulice
1831 Franziska, wife of Herman Löwy from Doudleby
died at the age of 68
5 1864-1870 Abraham Lederer (shammash) ••§D2
– see also house no. 64
127 2001 – a ground floor house next to the synagogue
125 XXVIII 1815-1823 Abraham Fischl/Fischel (wife Barbora or
Mariana, daughter of Jakob Hostowsky
from Březovice)
1840-1856 owned by „Daudleb Israelitische Familien“
(= synagogue)
– a brick building, street Švermova ulice
126
VI
1843-1847 Abraham Fischel (cantor) ••§D2
1789 Beniamin
1803 Abraham Löwy (his daughter gets married)
1805-1836 Isaias Löwy (in 1805 married Rosalia, daughter
of Isak Rosinko or Kossinsky from Náchod: died
at the age of 59 in 1836)
1824 Katrina Löwy died at the age of 84
1840 owner Johann [?] Löwy
– a wooden house
1856 owner Isak Löwy
129 2001 – a brick house on joined lots nos. 126 and 127,
street Školní ulice
number
of R / SR
in 1840
3 / 1
2 / 0

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lot
no.
127
house
no.
VII
owners and some residents
year
(data recorded by the registrar about inhabitants related only
to one year may not be correct)
1789 Moises David
1803-1806 Markus Leder/Lederer (died of TB at the age
of 32 in 1806; in 1803 married Mariana, daughter
of David Miller from „Chwonitz“ [?])
1812 Herrmann Agular (wife Johanna, maiden name
Feldmann, from Nový Bydžov)
1817-1840 Jakob Löwy (in 1840 owner of the house; wife
Ludmila, daughter of Samuel Leder from
Doudleby)
– a wooden house in 1840
1819 Samuel Leder/Lederer (wife Rebeka, maiden
name Weisbart) died at the age of 62
1833 Mosis b. Samuel Lederer (baker) died at the age
of 46
1834 Rebeka, widow (wife of Samuel Lederer) died at
the age of 75
1856 owner Ludmilla Lederer
(in the house of Ludmilla Lederer, also called
Lupita, matzos were baked and sold)
129 2001 – a brick house on joined lots no. 126 and 127,
street Školní ulice
128 VIII 1789 Joseph Vitek
1803 Judita Pik died at the age of 80
1810 Philip Pik died at the age of 28
1813 Veronika Pik died at the age of 78
1814-1823 Jakob Pick (died at the age of 68 in 1823; wife
Judita, maiden name Tausek, from Doudleby
died at the age of 75 in 1832)
1817 Abraham Fischl (wife Babet)
1821-1836 Abraham Fischer (salesman; in 1821 married
Teres/Anna, daughter of Jakob Pik from D.)
1827 Rosalia, daughter of Jakob Pick ↑ married Simon
Spitz from Veselí)
1828-1829 Simon Spitz (tailor, wife Rosalia, daughter of
Jakob Pick ↑)
1830-1856 Daniel Weisbart/Weissbarth (shopkeeper and
salesman; in 1840-56 owner of the house; wife
Perl, daughter of Jakob ↑ Pick)
– in 1840 a brick house, street Školní ulice
number
of R / SR
in 1840
2 / 1
3 / 1

30
lot
no.
133
house
no.
102
161 XXVII
?? 30
?? 31
?? 32
owners and some residents
year
(data recorded by the registrar about inhabitants related only
to one year may not be correct)
1840 owner Christian Karel Sokol
– brick house
later owner Josef Lewi
1856 owner Josua Lewi
2001 – the house no longer exists, street Školní ulice
1801-1826 Bernath Steiner (died at the age of 65 in 1826;
wife Anna, daughter of Herman Simon
from Kolín, died at the age of 65 in 1829)
1828 Simon Steiner from Doudleby married Franziska,
daughter of David Fischer from Doudleby
1833-1856 Markus Steiner (dealing in scarves; in 1840-56
owner of the house; wife Barbora, daughter
of Valentin Schlapl from Doudleby)
– in 1840 a brick house outside the Jewish
quarter, among a group of houses south of the
bridge across the Orlice river, in the place of the
later Liškova or Koďouskova street.
1802-1810 Salomon Löw (wife Katharina, daughter of
Abraham Mautner from Vyhnánov, died at the
age of 43 in 1810)
1804 Abraham Mautner died at the age of 74
1811 Anna Fialin died at the age of 36 after childbirth
1801 Herman Pik died at the age of 76
1801 Rachl Mautner died at the age of 72
1807 Markus Löwy (wife Katrina, daughter
of Salomon Schwarz)
1839 Simon Spitz[er] (tailor, wife Rosy, daughter
of Jakob Pik from Doudleby)
– see also houses no. VIII and XX
1802 Estera, daughter of Herman Löwy from
Doudleby, married Philip Löwy from Malšovice
1805 Markus Zacharias Löwy from Doudleby married
Teres, daughter of Salomon Löwy from
a different village
1812 Mariana Zacharias died at the age of 63
1820-1823 Joseph Fleischer(died at the age of 38 in 1823)
married Babet, daughter of Jakob Weisenstein
from > Barchůvek in 1820
number
of R / SR
in 1840
2 / 1
2 / 0

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lot
no.
house
no.
year
owners and some residents
(data recorded by the registrar about inhabitants related only
to one year may not be correct)
?? 64 1871 Abraham Lederer (shammash) ••§D2
– see also house no. V
?? ?? 1807 Tobias Pick died at the age of 76
1812 Joseph Fischer died at the age of 68 (wife
Katrina)
1813 Josef Fleischner died at the age of 35
1829-1832 David Kohn (peddler; wife Anna, daughter
of Jakob Weis from > Podbřezí)
1829-1832 David Leder (leather trade; wife Judita, daughter
of Herman Löwy from Doudleby)
1829-1833 Abraham Leder/Lederer (leather trade; wife
Johanna, daughter of Salomon Perlhefter from
Doudleby)
1835 Jakob Lederer (wife Barbora, maiden name
Fanta)
1839 Katrina Fischer died at the age of 86 (widow
after Josef F.)
1940 Žofie Adelová died at the age of 90 (widow; born
in 1850 in Hoděčín near Kostelec nad Orlicí)
••BPP,DSK,IS,JK,KP,SKA,Y/1984-2001,*L,§D1,§D2,§D3
houses ordered according to the house numbers:
number
of R / SR
in 1840
house no. lot house no. lot house no. lot house no. lot
I, 1 115 XI 95 XXIII 112 111 8
116 XII 94 XXIV 100 112 7
II 117 XIII 96 XXV 98 114 90
119 XIV 102 XXVI 99 122 117
III 121 XV 97 XXVII 161 127 124
122 XVI 101 XXVIII 125 129 126
IV 123 XVII 104 XXIX 120
127
V, 5 124 XVIII 105 XXX 90 132 93
VI 126 XIX 105 30 ? 133 94
VII 127
108 XXXI 89 135 120
VIII 128 XX 106 31 ? 140 119
IX 88 XXI 107 32 ? 155 105
89 XXII 108 64 ?
X 93
109 102 133
••BPP,DSK

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Communal houses
lot no. 105, house no. XVIII, later XIX (area of lot 44 s 2 ):
▪ house on the northern side of the street Školní ulice, on the corner of the street
Na Benátkách
▪ after 1840 the Jewish community acquired the house from its member Jakob Wltschek
and converted it into a school (perhaps earlier?) with two classrooms („2 Zimmer
Judenschule“) ••BPP,DSK,IS,KP
in the house built near „the new synagogue“ there was a flat for the shochet, who often
used to be simultaneously the cantor and teacher ••*L
1860-61 the house on the lot no. 105 was destroyed by the fire of the Jewish quarter
••*L,§ML
„the house of the Jewish community“ used to house a mikvah and a school until
the year 1890 ••*A
in the „neighbouring house“ next to the synagogue there used to be a winter prayer room,
a school and mikvah ••RJC
in the house „built next to the synagogue“ there used to be a mikvah and a school until
the year 1890 ••*Z
[„the house next to the synagogue“ has not been identified yet: a school and mikvah
were identified elsewhere; it was most probably on lot no. 120, house no. XXIX,
today no. 135 (see thereinafter), so far there is no evidence of the existence
of the rabbi’s flat or mikvah in the house]
1893 a communal house was recorded in Doudleby in 1820 (provided it does not refer
to the year of the construction of the synagogue), belonging to the religious
community of Doudleby-Kostelec nad Orlicí ••JCB
1984-01 lot no. 120, house no. 135 a ground floor house on the corner of the streets
Na Benátkách and Švermova – according to the neighbours the building housed
a school and the rabbi’s flat (today probably the most attractive house in the Jewish
quarter with a polychrome stone entrance portal) ••Y,§SD
The old synagogue
1777 a synagogue was established ••SKB
1777 a wooden prayer house was built ••*L
knocked down before the year 1821: it was replaced by the present synagogue ••*L
The temporary prayer room
during the construction of the new synagogue (1821) the prayer room used to be in house
no. III (today no. 123) ••*L
„before the building of the new synagogue“ a prayer room was to be found in house no. III,
later no. 123, „which belonged to Eliáš“ (according to Julie Fischer who „was told
by her father“) ••*K

The new synagogue
a Classicist building in the south-west end of the Jewish quarter, on the northern side
of today’s Švermova street
1820 the synagogue was built ••JCB
in winter 1820-21 the synagogue „was rebuilt“ ••§FH
1821 the synagogue „was rebuilt using of stone“ ••*K,*L
1821 „the synagogue from the year 1777 was rebuilt “ ••UPC,WPC
1821-22 date of inscription above the northern entrance to the synagogue (in 2001
the entrance was walled in) ••FO
1823 purchase contract dated June 30, 1823: the Jewish community of Doudleby
purchased a lot on which they „later“ built a synagogue ••*Z
1840 ▪ lot no. 125, no. XXVIII
▪ the area of the building ground was 87 s 2 , i.e. 312 m 2
▪ the owner of the building is the Jewish community ••BPP
1856 the area of the building ground was 143 s 2 , i.e = 514 m 2 (parts of lots no. 304 and
no. 1428 were added), while side streets leading along the northern and eastern
sides of the synagogue ceased to exist ••BPP,DSK,KP
the original interior:
▪ a flat ceiling with a stucco cove decoration in the centre
▪ a gallery for women was only along the western side of the synagogue over the
synagogue front hall, with a white (wooden? brick?) partition and a ceiling decorated
with stucco and painting
▪ the entrance to the gallery for women was in the north (from the garden, formerly
a narrow street) by a spiral wooden staircase built in the space of the synagogue
front hall (the upper part of the staircase is connected with the gallery by an oval
Empire style window)
▪ hall with four surbased arched windows on the northern side and four windows on
the southern side
▪ in the eastern wall of the hall there are two high windows flanking the aron ha-kodesh
and a small oval window above it
▪ the aron ha-kodesh is flanked by two columns surmounted by Empire style vases
▪ the entrance to the western hall for men is from the north (from the garden, originally
from a narrow street), with a stone portal followed by an arched doorway with
a Hebrew inscription
▪ in the northern part of the wall between the western vestibule and the main hall there is
an arched window ••FO,Y/2001
1941 religious services were held until 1941 year
1942 after the deportation of Jews to Theresienstadt (in 1942 year) the interior furnishing
of the synagogue was gradually destroyed by local people, towards the end of the
war the building was used for a short time as a dormitory for German soldiers and
later for Germans fleeing from the eastern front ••§FH
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Synagogue interior at the time of the Jewish community (photo ca. 1940).
Synagogue after alterations for the Czechoslovak Hussite Church (view from south-east).
Synagogue − walled-in original entrance for men (date in the inscription: 1821-1822).

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1950 the consequent Jewish community from > Hradec Králové sold the building of the
synagogue to the Czechoslovak Church (contract dated 5 October, 1950, state
agreement dated 2 April, 1951) ••§FH
1951 a memorial plaque will be placed on the building with information on the origins
of the building, the local Jewish community and the victims of the Holocaust in the
region ••VZO/1951/27-28
the Czechoslovak Church rebuilt the synagogue to suit the needs of its prayer hall:
▪ all the windows in the eastern front were walled in
▪ „pillars of the outer walls“ were demolished
▪ the gallery for women on the western side was separated from the main hall by a wall
▪ a new entrance (on the western side) was built and the old one (on the northern side,
with the Hebrew inscription dated 1821-22) was walled in
▪ a new wooden altar was installed
▪ on the eastern wall a painting of Christ was executed by the painter Zemánek from
Doudleby
▪ the original benches of the Jewish community were destroyed, so the church was
temporarily furnished with folding seats from the local cinema ••§FH
1954 ceremonial opening of the prayer hall of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church ••§FH
1966 a columbarium was established in the interior with fifty compartments for urns
••§FH
1981-82 the eastern, southern and western walls were newly plastered ••§FH
1983 new benches and a new pulpit were installed ••§FH
2001 ▪ the northern entrance for men is walled up, the Hebrew inscription above
the entrance is well-preserved
▪ the northern entrance for women and the spiral staircase to the gallery have been
preserved
▪ the space of the former gallery is used as an attic (storing apart from other things
a couple of original windows), stucco ceiling with painted stars (divided by a wall)
has been preserved
▪ the stucco ceiling in the main hall has been preserved, the windows in the eastern
wall have been walled in
▪ the seat of the district office of the parish of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church
which owns the building is in Rychnov nad Kněžnou
▪ the custodian of the building is Mr Petrlák from Doudleby nad Orlicí ••Y
Torah scrolls from Doudleby in the world
there are two Torah scrolls in the synagogue in Portland (Maine, USA) ••§RP
Burials
at the cemetery in > Vamberk (3 km north-east):
▪ the cemetery was founded in 1616 ••WPC
▪ the cemetery was founded allegedly before 1673, it is recorded from 1688 ••RJC,*V
▪ the cemetery was founded in 1688 ••HZH,*H

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▪ the oldest legible tombstones dated 1700 ••*H
▪ „inscriptions on a great number of tombstones at this cemetery were cut
by Mr Winternitz, a Jew from Doudleby“[i.e. in the 19 th century] ••*L
▪ the last person buried at this cemetery was 90-year-old Žofie Adelová from Doudleby
on September 1, 1940 ••§D3
Birth, marriage and death records in the National Archive
▪ birth registers 1798-1859, 1863-1874
▪ marriage registers 1798-1859, 1862-1873
▪ death registers 1798-1859, 1863-1874
▪ & later records of Kostelec nad Orlicí ••KMR
Other archive documents
▪ application of Noem Hönig for the lease of the tannery in Doudleby (files from 1840-47)
(= State regional archive in Zámrsk, collection „Doudleby – Horní Jelení estate“)
••PPA
▪ list of granted trade licences (list from 1850) –
(=State regional archive in Zámrsk, collection „Doudleby – Horní Jelení estate“)
••§EL
▪ list of houses with names of inhabitants and dates (circa 1856) –
(= State district archive in Rychnov nad Kněžnou, book 714) ••§EL
Statistics of the village from the year 1850
Doudleby including 2 settlements:
▪ total number of people 1649, living in 379 households:
▪ 379 households earning a living by farming
▪ 40 households earning a living by crafts and trade
▪ 51 households earning a living by farming and crafts or trade
▪ 4 families earning a living by „other sources“
▪ includes a list of all craftsmen and tradesmen in the village (e.g. 13 salesmen trading
in dry-goods)
▪ there are 202 inhabited houses in the village ••CSE
Illustrations and photos
indication sketch (cadastre map of the village from 1840): ZMN no. neg. 15.145
houses in the Jewish quarter: RJC (photo B.Rozkošná 1994); ZMF (photo J.Fiedler 1984
and 2001); KK (photo K.Kahancová 2001)

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synagogue:
exterior: *A p. 1; OZP p. 11; RJC; ZMN no. neg. 5.602/9, 5.636/2, 19.836,
30.168/1 (photo from the time of the protectorate), 33.787, 35.038, 35.039
(reproduction of a postcard); ZMF ( photo J.Fiedler 1984, 2001); KK (photo
K.Kahancová 2001)
interior: *A p. 1; ZMN no. neg. 712-714, 19.834-19.835, 30.168/2+3 (photo from
the time of the protectorate), 35.038; ZMF (photo J.Fiedler 2001); KK (photo
K.Kahancová 2001)
details of the building and interior: ZMF ( photo J.Fiedler 2001); KK (photo
K.Kahancová 2001)
cemetery in Vamberk: *S p. 109 (photo Ant.Novák circa 1890); EZH p. 120;
HZH fig. 154; RJC; ZMN no. neg. 5.603/2, 30.903-30.913, 42.186-42.187
(photo J.Heřman before 1980); ZMF (photo J.Fiedler 1984, 2001);
KK (photo K.Kahancová 2001)
head of the religious community: Joachim Rosenfeld: *A p. 2
head of the religious community: Alois Spiegel: *A p. 2
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of the stabile cadastre of Doudleby nad Orlicí – (National Archive in Prague, 1 st department,
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archiv zeměměřictví a katastru, Zeměměřický úřad v Praze)
MN = Jewish birth register – (National archive in Prague, 1 st dept., collections HBM & HBMa)
MO = Jewish marriage register – (National archive in Prague, 1 st dept., collections HBM &
HBMa)
MPS = Maur, Eduard – Píšová, Dagmar: Sčítání konzumentů soli v Čechách roku 1702 (Edice
pramene.) (Census of salt consumers in Bohemia in 1702), In: Historická demografie, 18,
1994 (Journal of Historical demography)
MZ = Jewish death register – (National Archive in Prague, 1 st dept., collections HBM & HBMa)
OZP = O židovských památkách v Československé republice. (On Jewish sights in the
Czechoslovak Republic), Prague 1933
PPA = Přehled pramenů k dějinám židovstva (judaik) ve státních oblastních a okresních
archivech ČSR, Archivu hlavního města Prahy a Archivu města Plzně k 1.1.1980.
(List of sources related to the history of Jews (judaica) in state, regional and district archives
in Czechoslovakia, Archive of Prague and Plzeň), typewritten, bound – (National Archive
in Prague, 1 st dept.)
PSR = list of rabbis active in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia (compiled by Mgr. Daniel
Polakovič, Jewish Museum in Prague)
RCC = applications of rabbis in Chlumec nad Cidlinou – (Archive of the Jewish Museum in
Prague)
RJC = Rozkošná, Blanka – Jakubec, Pavel: Jewish monuments in Bohemia. (History and
Monuments of the Jewish Settlement in Bohemia.) Brno 2004
SFB = Schematismus für das Königreich Böhmen. Prag 1874, 1877, 1880, 1883, 1891
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SKA = Seznam katastrálních archů výtažních pro veškeré držitele pozemnosti v obci svrchu
dotečné, a průkaz toho, že jim byly dodány... / Verzeichniss der Katastral-Auszugsbogen
für sämmtliche Grundbesitzer... (form from the 1850s, part of the duplicate of the stabile
cadastre of Doudleby nad Orlicí) – (National Archive in Prague, 1 st dept., collection
SK Dupl)
SKB = Sommer, Johann Gottfried: Königreich Böhmen; statistisch-topographisch dargestellt.
Bd. 4: Königgrätzer Kreis. Prag 1836
SL = published census from the years 1880-1930:
Special-Orts-Repertorien der im oesterreichischen Reichsrathe vertretenen
Königreiche und Länder. IX. Böhmen. (Special-Orts-Repertorium von Böhmen.
Podrobný seznam míst v Čechách.) Wien 1885
Special-Orts-Repertorien der im oesterreichischen Reichsrathe vertretenen
Königreiche und Länder. IX. Böhmen. (Special-Orts-Repertorium von Böhmen.
Podrobný seznam míst v Čechách.) Wien 1893
Lexikon obcí pro království a země na Říšské radě zastoupené. IX. Čechy. (Lexikon
obcí pro Čechy.) Vienna 1904
Gemeindelexikon der im Reichsrate vertretenen Königreiche und Länder.
IX. Böhmen. (Gemeindelexikon von Böhmen.) Wien 1905
Podrobný seznam míst zemí rakouských. IX. Čechy. (Podrobný seznam míst
pro Čechy.) Vienna 1916
Spezialortsrepertorien der im österr. Reichsrathe vertretenen Länder. IX. Böhmen.
(Spezialortsrepertorium von Böhmen.) Wien 1915
Statistický lexikon obcí v republice Československé. I. Čechy. (Statistický lexikon
obcí v Čechách.) Prague 1923
Statistický lexikon obcí v republice Československé. I. Země Česká. (Statistický
lexikon obcí v zemi České.) Praha 1934
SSJ = Schimmer, Gustav Adolf: Statistik des Judenthums in den im Reichsrathe vertretenen
Königreichen und Ländern nach den vom k. k. Ministerium des Innern angeordneten
Erhebungen und nach sonstigen Quellen. Wien 1873
SZO = Statistik der jüdischen Kultusgemeinden in der Tschechoslowakischen Republik.
In: Jüdischer Kalender für die čechoslowakische Republik auf das Jahr 5683. Mährisch
Ostrau (1922)
UPC = Umělecké památky Čech. I. (A-J) (Historical sights in Bohemia. I.) – (ed. Emanuel
Poche) Prague 1977
VZO = Věstník židovských náboženských obcí v Československu [until 1990, no. 6]; Roš
chodeš [monthly, from 1990, no. 7]
WPC = Umělecké památky Čech. (Historical sights in Bohemia) – (ed. Zdeněk Wirth) Prague
1957
Y = found out by Jiří Fiedler
ZKH = Židovský kalendář na rok 5681/1920-21, 5682/1921-22 (Jewish calendar for the years
5681/1920-21, 5682/1921-22.) Prague 1920-1921
ZMB = archives of Jewish communities in the Czech Republic, today a part of the archive of the
Jewish Museum in Prague
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ZMF = collection of photographs, archive of the Jewish Museum in Prague
ZMN = archive of photonegatives, Jewish Museum in Prague
*A = Polák-Rokycana, Jaroslav: Dějiny Židů v Kostelci n./O. a okolí. (History of Jews in
Kostelec n. O. and vicinity.) In: > GB, pp. 1-2.
*C = Černý, Josef: Mlhavé obrázky z minulých věků. Vamberk 1937
*H = Hamáčková, Vlastimila: Cimetière juifs de la région de Podorlicko. In: > JB, XIX (1983),
no. 2
*K = Koďousek, Vácslav: Monografie Doudleb. (Monograph of Doudleby.) Prague 1874 – after
1884 (last volume not dated)
*L = Lašek, G. J.: Židovská obec v Doudlebích. Obrázek kulturně-historický. (Předneseno
o valné schůzi místního odboru Národní jednoty severočeské ve Vamberce 16. února 1902.)
(Jewish community in Doudleby – lecture given in Vamberk on February 16, 1902.) In:
Posel z Pohoří, 1902, no. 29-31 (19.7.-2.8.1902)
*P = Polák-Rokycana, Jaroslav: Geschichte der Juden in Březnice. (Judenstadt Lokschan.)
In: > GB, s. 63-69.
*S = Scheufler, Pavel: Fotografické album Čech 1839-1914. (Album of Photographs – Bohemia
1839-1914.) Prague 1989
*V = Král, Josef F.: Paměti města Vamberka nad Zdobnicí. (Memoirs of Vamberk nad Zdobnicí)
Prague 1927
*Z = Zemánek, Rudolf: Vzpomínka na židovskou náb. obec v Doudlebech nad Orlicí.
(Recollections of the Jewish community in Doudleby nad Orlicí.) In: > VZO, 1951,
no. 27-28
– Fanta, David: Judith. Eine Ghettogeschichte aus Daudleb. Prag 1875
– Fiedler, Jiří: Jak jsou milí příbytkové Tvoji. Doudleby nad Orlicí. (history of the synagogue)
In: Český zápas, 65 (1985), no. 22
§A = Jewish birth and marriage registers of Brandýs nad Labem, Libáň and Zbraslav –
(see MN, MO)
§B2 = Jewish marriage register of Mladá Boleslav – (see MO)
§C2 = Jewish marriage register of Čáslav – (see MO)
§D1 = Jewish birth register of Doudleby nad Orlicí – (see MN)
§D2 = Jewish marriage register of Doudleby nad Orlicí – (see MO)
§D3 = Jewish death register of Doudleby nad Orlicí – (see MZ)
§DP = information received from Mgr. Daniel Polakovič from the Jewish Museum in Prague
in 2010
§EL = information received from Mr Eytan Lederer from Israel, genealogist of the Lederer
family of Doudleby nad Orlicí, sent by e-mail in 2009
§FH = information received in writing in 1984 from Mr Jan Petránek, priest of the Czechoslovak
Hussite Church in Kostelec nad Orlicí
§H2 = Jewish marriage register of Hořany – (see MO)
§K2 = Jewish marriage register of Klecany – (see MO)
§L1 = Jewish birth register of Luže – (see MN)

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§ML = inscription of the registrar David Löwy on the endleaf of the Doudleby Jewish register
from the years 1799-1889
§N1 = Jewish birth register of Náchod – (see MN)
§OL = List of trade licences from the year 1850 at the Doudleby – Horní Jelení estate – (see >
other archive documents)
§P = inscription on the tombstone of Rabbi Singer in Přeštice
§RP = verbal testimony by Mr Rosenblum from the Jewish community in Portland (USA)
in 1997
§SD = verbal testimony of inhabitants of the former Jewish quarter in Doudleby in 1984
§Z2 = Jewish marriage register of Zájezdec – (see MO)
Translated by Zuzana Rousová