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Eduard Jacobs, born at [[Krefeld (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Krefeld]], [[Germany|Germany]], archivist and librarian of the Prince of Stolberg at Wernigerode a.H., author of the treatise "Die Wiedertaufer am Harz" in <em>Zeitschrift des Harzvereins für Geschichte und Altertumskunde </em>(Wernigerode, 1899), 423-536 and 631-33. The work constitutes a valuable addition to research in Mennonite history, giving much source material (from the court records in the Magdeburg archives) and a thorough presentation of the life and faith of the Anabaptists in the Harz.

Jacobs, in cooperation with Gustav Kawerau and Julius Köstlin, founded in 1883 the <em>Verein für </em><em>Reformationsgeschichte, </em>which after World War I made plans to publish all the hitherto unpublished court records, government and church protocols, mandates, letters, regulations, etc., relating to the [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] movement of the 16th century in a single comprehensive collection of source material (see [[Historiography: Anabaptist|Historiography]]). After 1948 this <em>Verein </em>in conjunction with the <em>Mennonitischer Geschichtsverein </em>published and prepared for publication these new source materials of Anabaptist history.


= Bibliography =
Bender, Harold S. "Publication and Research Projects in Anabaptist-Mennonite History." <em>Mennonite Quarterly Review</em> (January 1949).

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em>Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>. 4 v. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967<em>: </em>II, 101, 386.

<em>Die Heimat </em>(Krefeld) 11 (1932): 99.


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