Joseph Guggenheim

attention, peut-être fusion erronée avec un Joseph Gugenheim né vers 1729 ou 1735 à Romanswiller???

à corriger+++

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«Joseph le renégat» comme certains l'appelaient (1723-1781) était l'un des fils de Jacob (1703-1787). Il fut converti au protestantisme par un protestant missionnaire, Johann Kaspar Ulrich.

Voici ce que j'ai trouvé sur le site du Musée de Venise (roots Switzerland). «The Guggenheims were among the most active families of the Surbtal. In 1702, Jacob Guggenheim of Lengnau, one of Peggy Guggenheim's ancestors, stood trial for having acquired a vineyard in Wettingen without permission. One year later, his house was burnt down anonymously in reprisal. The same Jacob Guggenheim was a leading figure in Lengnau. In 1732, when the Jews were threatened with expulsion from the Surbtal, the 250 Jewish families in the valley chose Jacob Guggenheim to represent them and bring the Jewish question before the government (Tagssatzung) in Zurich. Jacob Guggenheim held a famous inflammatory speech. Nevertheless, Jewish taxes were massively raised. Joseph, one of Jacob Guggenheim's sons, was the talk of the country. After months of trying, Johann Caspar Ulrich, a protestant vicar from Zurich, succeeded in converting Joseph, who was educated in a Talmudic school in France, to Christianity. The result was an ugly confrontation between Jews and Christians which was blown out of all proportion by the Swiss press of the time».

From G. F.