hello,
ODP> I have found a reference in a private letter (from 1936) to supposed
ODP> 15th-century Hussite conversions to Judaism in Bohemia, in order
ODP> to avoid forced reconversion to Catholicism. The context was an
ODP> individual in Nazi germany trying to show that while his Bophemian
ODP> ancestors may have been religious Jews, there were not 'racially
ODP> Jewish'. The reference may be entirely spurious.
ODP> Has anyone ever heard of this and/or could give me a proper
ODP> reference?
there is a special yahoo mailing group concerning "geschichte der
juden" ([log in to unmask]), try to post your question
there, maybe you will get an answer...
yours,
corinna kaiser
ODP> Thanks,
ODP> Pól Ó Dochartaigh.
ODP> Dr Pol O Dochartaigh
ODP> Senior Lecturer in German
ODP> School of Languages and Literature
ODP> Faculty of Arts
ODP> University of Ulster
ODP> Coleraine
ODP> Co. Derry
ODP> BT52 1SA
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corinna kaiser
the franz rosenzweig minerva research center for german-jewish history
and cultural studies
the hebrew university
jerusalem / israel
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