Doudleby nad Orlicí - Židovské muzeum v Praze

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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]