Institute for the History of the German Jews, Hamburg

The Institut für die Geschichte der deutschen Juden (IGdJ) was founded in 1966 and was the first research institution in the Federal Republic of Germany devoted exclusively to German-Jewish history. It is a Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts (foundation under civil law) carried by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Its research focuses on the historical reconstruction of German-Jewish existence from the early modern period to the post-war era. The institute maintains a specialized library of around 70,000 volumes, one of the large special collections on German-Jewish history in the Federal Republic, and produces digital offerings including a podcast.

The Institut für die Geschichte der deutschen Juden (IGdJ) was founded in 1966 and was thereby the first research institution in the Federal Republic of Germany to devote itself exclusively to German-Jewish history. It is a Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts carried by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Its research focuses on the historical reconstruction of German-Jewish existence from the early modern period to the post-war era. The institute maintains a library of around 70,000 volumes, described as a scholarly reference and research library and one of the large special collections on German-Jewish history in the Federal Republic, with a focus on the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry. Since 2018, with funding from the City of Hamburg, holdings of scholarly libraries in Hamburg have been digitized under the Hamburger Kulturgut im Netz (HaKiN) project; 479 selected IGdJ publications from the years 1880–1965 are available online. The IGdJ also produces digital offerings, including the podcast "Jüdische Geschichte Kompakt", a joint project of the IGdJ and the Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum für europäisch-jüdische Studien (MMZ) in Potsdam.

First research institution in the Federal Republic of Germany devoted exclusively to German-Jewish history.

• Specialized library

  The IGdJ library holds around 70,000 volumes and is a scholarly reference and research library, one of the large special collections on German-Jewish history in the Federal Republic, with a focus on the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry; it also holds a collection of Hebraica and over 900 domestic and foreign periodicals.

• Podcast "Jüdische Geschichte Kompakt"

  A joint project of the IGdJ and the Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum für europäisch-jüdische Studien (MMZ) in Potsdam; a new episode is published online on the first Friday of each month.

1. 1Institut für die Geschichte der deutschen Juden: IGdJigdj-hh.de
2. 2„Sentimentanalyse zwischen Erkenntnisgewinn und Verfälschung? Eine Fallstudie zu Selbstzeugnissen zum Holocaust und seiner Nachgeschichte“.: IGdJigdj-hh.de
3. 3Podcast: IGdJigdj-hh.de
4. 4Die Bibliothek: IGdJigdj-hh.de
5. 5Institute for the History of the German Jews, Hamburgwikidata.org