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How useful is the Jewish Museum to an historian studying the living and working conditions of the Jews in Manchester in the early 20th Century
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Coursework assignment: British History- Multicultural Britain By Jillian Smith GCSE Coursework Miss Cartwright 10A2 How useful is the Jewish Museum to an historian studying the living and working conditions of the Jews in Manchester in the early 20th Century? I visited the Jewish museum on Monday 14th March 2003. The museum was located on a main road in Cheetham Hill, the centre of Manchester. The museum used to be a synagogue for the Spanish and the Portuguese Jews. They came from the Turkish Empire. All the Jews that immigrated to England were escaping from poverty and persecution. The typical Jews had escaped from Eastern Europe although these Jews lived mainly in London. The Jews that had moved to Manchester were the ancestors of those in Eastern Europe. In 1788 the Jews started to immigrate to Manchester for freedom. They lived in a slum area of old Manchester, struggling their way...
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