Eduard Heinrich FLOTTWELL - Flottwell was NOT the "originator" of the project to naturalize the Jews of Posen Province.

Hello Dan,

I am already fully engaged in work so I do not wish to take on more. However, the 'official" initiator of the above-named project was Karl Streckfuß, 1779-1844, about whom I have done some research. See http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Streckfu%C3%9F for more on him in German. He was a civil servant under Kings Friedrich Wilhelm III and IV. I have done bibliographical research on publications by and about Streckfuß. He is often presented as a liberal. My thesis is
that that is doubtful. He was, however, an artist, poet, translator of Torquato Tasso, and the proposer of the 1833 decree for the naturalization of the Jews of Posen. Admittedly, most of my research
has been on his involvement with the decree, but his descendant’s biography should yield lots of clues to other aspects of his life. The last biography of this man was by his descendant of the same name in 1941. It is time to set the record straight.

As for the non-decree matters, the biography should be the place to start, followed by Dietrich and the other sources indicated in an article that I have written and which is available online without even
registering. See "In Search of Elusive German Books and Magazines," Stammbaum: The Journal of German-Jewish Genealogical Research, New York: Leo Baeck Institute, Issue 17, June 2000, pp. 14-18. That article is available in full-text at
http://digital.cjh.org/R/LPL39RBT3LXMHQ14NMGYT3L4IYN84P12ILJH821QGH...
<http://digital.cjh.org/R/LPL39RBT3LXMHQ14NMGYT3L4IYN84P12ILJH821QGH..., and then select the correct issue number and then the page.

I also found some references to Streckfuss in Goole books, including the following Jacobi item in full-text:
http://books.google.com/books?id=A5QNAAAAYAAJ&amp;pg=PT32&amp;dq=%2...

My suspicion, although I cannot now prove it, is that the two known newspaper articles that were published under Streckfuß' name were actually written by the King who prevailed upon Streckfuß to have the articles appear under the latter's name. At the time Streckfuß had a pension, paid for by the King.

You are correct, however, that Flottwell was the supervising administrator of the program under the Decree of 1833. Flottwell can best be described as an 18th century man trying to promote loyaly to the Kign n the 19th century. He was almost certanly a reactionary and very loyal to the King.

I hope that the above is useful to you.

Sincerely,
Edward David Luft
Juris Doctor