An annotated selection of books, essays and online resources on the Jewish history of the Moselle. It is not a substitute for a full bibliography but is intended as a starting point.
1. Standard works and general surveys
- BookOtto Wolfgang Loeb / Terence Prittie: Moselle. Faber and Faber, London 1972. 224 pp. — A classic. A cultural and historical work on the Moselle region and its wine, written from London exile. Daniel Deckers calls it the most passionate and most informative work on Moselle wine that we owe to a German Jew.
- BookDaniel Deckers: Wein. Geschichte und Genuss. C. H. Beck, Munich 2017. — Covers, among other things, the role of Jewish wine merchants in Germany and the fate of their families.
- BookBernhard Kreutz: Jüdisches Leben an Rhein und Mosel. Trier 2012. — A survey of Jewish life in the region.
- BookFriedrich Schütz: Jüdische Gemeinden an der Mosel vom Mittelalter bis zur Neuzeit. Trier 2010.
- BookGünter Marwedel: Die Geschichte der Juden in der Moselregion. Koblenz 1995.
- SeriesForschungen zur Geschichte der Juden (FGJ) — Publication series of the Gesellschaft für die Erforschung der Juden and the Arye Maimon Institute, founded by Alfred Haverkamp.
- SeriesArye-Maimon-Institut für Geschichte der Juden: Studien und Texte — edited by Lukas Clemens, Christoph Cluse, Stephan Laux and Andreas Lehnertz.
2. Rashi and medieval Ashkenaz
- BookAvraham Grossman: Rashi. The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, Oxford 2012. — The authoritative modern scholarly biography of Rashi and his work.
- BookAvraham Grossman: Chachmei Ashkenaz ha-Rishonim (The Early Sages of Ashkenaz). Magnes Press, Jerusalem 1981 (Hebrew). — Standard study of the Rhineland scholars of the 10th–11th centuries, the circle of Rabbenu Gershom and Rashi’s teachers.
- BookEsra Shereshevsky: Rashi. The Man and His World. Sepher-Hermon Press, New York 1982.
- VolumeDaniel Krochmalnik / Hanna Liss / Ronen Reichman (eds.): Raschi und sein Erbe (Rashi and his Legacy). Schriften der Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg, vol. 10. Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg 2007.
- BookPia Heberer / Ursula Reuter (eds.): Die SchUM-Gemeinden Speyer – Worms – Mainz. Auf dem Weg zum Welterbe. Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2013. — On the Rhineland communities that became UNESCO World Heritage in 2021 and their Talmudic scholarship.
- StandardAlfred Haverkamp (ed.): Geschichte der Juden im Mittelalter von der Nordsee bis zu den Südalpen. Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hanover 2002. — Fundamental on the Ashkenazi sphere to which the Moselle communities belonged. See the page on Rashi.
3. Wine, kosher wine and the Jewish wine trade
- BookO. W. Loeb / Terence Prittie: Moselle. Faber and Faber, London 1972. — The key work by a Jewish Moselle wine merchant in exile; see sections 1 and 6 in detail.
- BookDaniel Deckers: Wein. Geschichte und Genuss. C. H. Beck, Munich 2017. — With chapters on the role of Jewish wine merchants in Germany.
- SourceFelix Meyer: Weinbau und Weinhandel an Mosel, Saar und Ruwer. Görres-Druckerei, Koblenz 1926. — Standard work on the economic development of Moselle viticulture; cf. section 1.
- OnlineGesellschaft für Geschichte des Weines e. V.: Biographical entries on Otto and Sigmund Loeb, among others. geschichte-des-weines.de.
- OnlineJüdische Allgemeine: Articles on kosher wine from the Moselle and Saar (e.g. „Ein Riesling für die Feiertage“). juedische-allgemeine.de.
- OnlineCritical assessment: „Die Nazi-Legende vom jüdischen Weinhandel“ (The Nazi legend of the Jewish wine trade). captaincork.com — on the source-critical evaluation of figures handed down after 1933. See the page on Wine.
4. On the Jewish history of Trier
- BookReiner Nolden: Vorläufiges Gedenkbuch für die Juden von Trier 1938–1943 (Preliminary Memorial Book for the Jews of Trier 1938–1943). Stadtarchiv Trier 1994 (2nd ed. 1998). — Documentation of the Trier victims of the Shoah.
- CatalogueStadtbibliothek / Universitätsbibliothek Trier (ed.): Juden in Trier. Katalog einer Ausstellung von Stadtarchiv und Stadtbibliothek Trier, März–November 1988. Edited by Reiner Nolden.
- LexiconHeinz Monz (ed.): Trierer Biographisches Lexikon. Trier 2000. — With numerous entries on Jewish personalities of Trier.
- EssayFranz-Josef Ziwes: Studien zur Geschichte der Juden im mittleren Rheingebiet während des hohen und späten Mittelalters. Hanover 1995.
5. Regional studies on the Moselle, Eifel and Hunsrück
- SeriesSchriftenreihe des Emil-Frank-Instituts — multi-volume series on the Jewish history of the Moselle, Eifel and Hunsrück regions.
- StudyLocal studies by the working group „Jüdische Gemeinde Wittlich“ on the Wittlich synagogue, the 1938 pogrom and post-war proceedings.
- BookJonathan Karp: The Politics of Jewish Commerce. Economic Thought and Emancipation in Europe, 1638–1848. Cambridge University Press 2008. — A general framework for placing the Moselle Loebs in their economic-historical context.
6. Otto Loeb and the Loeb family
- Diss.Otto Wolfgang Loeb: Die Entwicklung des Weinhandels an der Mosel in den letzten 50 Jahren. N. Besselich, Trier 1922 (doctoral dissertation, Cologne).
- BookO. W. Loeb / Terence Prittie: Moselle. Faber and Faber, London 1972.
- EntryGesellschaft für Geschichte des Weines e. V.: Biographical entries on Otto Loeb (1898–1974) and Sigmund Loeb (1859–1950) at geschichte-des-weines.de.
- EssayCity of Trier: Weltweite Botschafter des deutschen Weins (Worldwide Ambassadors of German Wine). Rathaus-Zeitung No. 6/2014.
- OnlineLars Carlberg: Loeb & Prittie. Online essay at larscarlberg.com.
- OnlineJancis Robinson: OW Loeb — a history lesson (19 January 2018) and The sad tale of OW Loeb (20 January 2018). jancisrobinson.com.
- RegisterCompanies House: O. W. Loeb & Co Limited, Company Number 00337474, incorporated on 3 March 1938.
7. Online sources and databases
- Portalalemannia-judaica.de — the most extensive German-language collection of sources on Jewish communities in southern and western Germany, including numerous Moselle communities (Trier, Bernkastel, Wittlich, Cochem, Zell, Beilstein and others).
- Portaljüdische-gemeinden.de — overview of Jewish communities in Germany organised by federal state.
- Portaljuedisches-leben-trier.de — online project tracing the Jewish history of Trier.
- Instituteemil-frank-institut.de — Emil Frank Institute, Wittlich.
- InstituteArye Maimon Institute at the University of Trier.
- Citytrier.de — contributions on Jewish history and on the Loeb family (podcast 2021, Rathaus-Zeitung 2014).
- CemeteryZentralarchiv zur Erforschung der Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland — cemetery documentation for Rhineland-Palatinate.
8. Note
This bibliography is a working collection — it is continually being expanded. References to additional works, especially local studies, are welcome via the contact page.