Documents of German consulates in Jerusalem, Jaffa, and Haifa, including records of relations with the Ottoman authorities, tax matters, the acquisition of property, Jewish immigration, civil and criminal cases, representation of German interests by the Spanish Consulate (1917‒1926), and a variety of other subjects. Collection reflects Germany’s takeover of the Austrian Consulate in 1938.
Only the remnants from the archives of the consulate in Jerusalem from the years 1842-1939 (including several files of the Austrian consulate which were turned over to the German consulate upon the annexion of Austria in march 1938) are described here, but the fonds also contains remnants from the archives of the Jaffa consulate (1870-1917) and the Haifa consulate (1877-1918).
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