Thomas Fürth has been researching his family for more than 20 years. He is president of the JGS of Sweden and an Avotaynu Contributing Editor for Sweden.

Fürth lives in Stockholm, Sweden where he is an associate professor of history at the University of Stockholm and is research director at Kairos Future AB, an international research and consulting firm that helps companies understand and shape their futures. He is a well-known lecturer in Sweden.

Austria-Czech SIG Luncheon*: “Life in Prague Judenstadt 1790-1910 – Genealogy and Local History” (Tues-105), 11:45 A.M.-1:45 P.M.

In the lecture, Thomas Fürth will use his own family and local history research to tell the story of the last two centuries of the Prague ghetto. He will follow his own extended family in five generations, 1790 to 1910, relating to the changing situation in the Prague Judenstadt.

Thomas will show how you could combine your own findings about your family with knowledge about the houses they lived in, how they moved out of the ghetto and what they earned for living. He will also show how the struggle for emancipation and changes in the legal policy from the imperial authorities affected the Jews living in the Judenstadt.

If you expand your perspective in this way you will not only get a better understanding of the history of your family but also be more sucessful in your genealogical research.

Topics: Ashkenazic research, Jewish history and culture

*Note: Attendance at SIG luncheons requires registration for the event and an additional fee of $44 (non-Kosher meal) or $54 (Kosher meal) per person.