Name changes and visions of ”a new Jew” in the Helsinki Jewish community
This article discusses an organized name-change process that occurred in the 1930s in the Jewish community of Helsinki. Between 1933 and 1944 in approximately one fifth of the Helsinki Jewish families (c. 16 %) someone had their family name changed. We argue that the name changes served two purposes...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Donner Institute
2017-10-01
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| Series: | Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/66574 |