The Jewish families of Lunéville (1753-1914) - Vertical history. Horizontal history
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JULY
2012
A Jewish community was officially tolerated in Lunéville in 1753. Originally consisting of families from Metz and from Alsace, the community has rapidly grown up in a city, then pole of attraction. The age of gold, between 1870 and 1914, coincides with the arrival of Alsatians-Lorrains of the territories annexed to the German Empire in the Treaty of Frankfurt and wishing to remain French. This peak has accompanied the social rise of small families from rural areas, who came to settle in Lunéville, and the arrival of emigrants, still rare, from Eastern Europe.
But with departures destined for the regional capitals, for Paris and for America, began a decline that has continued to widen. The genealogical history of the Jews of Luneville is particularly eventful: vertical history looking for ancestry outside the city and the fate of their descendants, sometimes surprising; horizontal history with that economic, cultural and physical characteristics of individuals and families.
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Françoise JOB |
Pont des Arts B & C |
