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Reichsbund Jüdischer Frontsoldaten

 Organization

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Felix I. Kauffmann Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 2633
Abstract

This collection holds the papers of publisher and rare book dealer Felix I. Kauffmann, and contains documents relating to the family publishing house, his military service in World War I, and membership in Jewish organizations. The collection includes some correspondence with Leo Baeck as well as other correspondence, official documents such as military, vital and legal papers, curricula vitae, newspaper clippings and articles, and other papers.

Dates: 1877-1965; Majority of material found within 1939-1946

German Jewish Periodicals Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 5036
Abstract

Single issues of various German Jewish periodicals, published primarily from 1922 to 1942. Also included are one Yiddish paper (1927) and one German paper from Israel (1961).

Dates: 1922-1961

Jewish Veterans Association Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7012
Abstract

The Jewish Veterans Association Collection holds this association's organizational records, such as membership lists, a memorial book, financial and tax records, meeting minutes, some clippings and notes.

Dates: 1934-1977

Kurt Jakob Ball-Kaduri Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4776
Abstract

The bulk of the collection consists of microfilmed copies of articles pertaining to aspects of the Georg Kareski affair. All articles carry comments by Kurt Ball-Kaduri. Originals are at the Yad Vashem archives.

Dates: 1944-1963

Laupheim Community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3560
Abstract

The Laupheim Community Collection consists almost exclusively of photocopied documents from the 18th through the first half of the 20th century which document the life of the Jewish Community in Laupheim, a city in Baden-Württemberg.

Dates: 1762-1999

Leo Gompertz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1990
Abstract

The Leo Gompertz Collection primarily documents Leo Gompertz's search for information on Haus Berta, a recreation and training institution for Jewish youth during the late 1930s. The collection also includes a number of photographs of Haus Berta, its staff and residents, as well as some other documents on it and a few personal papers of Leo Gompertz.

Dates: 1896-1998; Majority of material found within 1963-1967

Leo Wolff Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4059
Abstract

The Leo Wolff Collection consists of personal documents of Leo Wolff and of papers pertaining to the organizations and communities in which he was engaged. Prominent topics are his work for Jewish communities in Germany and the negative influence of Zionism. The documents include biographical articles, family history articles, newspaper issues and clippings, minutes, correspondence, newsletters, notes, and by-laws.

Dates: 1895-1939; Majority of material found within 1930s

Manfred Saalheimer Collection.

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3616
Abstract

The collection contains various documents relating to the Jewish communities in Chemnitz, Dresden and Hamburg in the late 1930s, as well as biographical information and personal documents regarding Manfred Saalheimer (1907-1967), legal representative of the Dresden Jewish community, and Josef Kahn (1881-?), president of the Chemnitz Jewish community. Also included are tributes to Otto Hirsch (1885-1941), president of Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland.

Dates: 1932-1957

Pinkus Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7030
Abstract

The collection contains papers including vital documents, membership cards, awards, medals, diaries, memoirs, diaries, manuscripts, legal papers, correspondence, business records, wills, genealogies and family histories regarding the Pinkus family, notable textile manufacturers in Neustadt (now Prudnik, Poland) in Upper Silesia, and their personal and business affairs. The family was also highly regarded for its support of civic and cultural affairs in the area, and corresponded with several notable cultural figures.

Dates: 1500s-1994,; Majority of material found within 1725-1994

Reichsbund Juedischer Frontsoldaten Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3243
Abstract

The collection contains primarily circulars pertaining to the German organization of Jewish soldiers who fought in World War I.

Dates: 1925-1975

Reichsvertretung der deutschen Juden

 Collection
Identifier: AR 221
Abstract

This collection contains materials about the Reichsvertretung der deutschen Juden, a federation of Jewish organizations and regional and local Jewish communities, founded in 1933, that aimed to provide a unified voice for German Jewry in dealing with the Nazi authorities. It includes a significant amount of correspondence surrounding the formation of the Reichsvertretung, as well as articles, budgets, clippings, ephemera, leaflets, minutes, reports, and statistics.

Dates: 1933-1963; Majority of material found within 1933-1934

Robert Wolfers Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1312 / MF 525
Abstract

The collection contains extensive personal documents including correspondence and biographical material, of members of the Wolfers family from the early 19th century until mid 20th century. There is also significant documentation concerning the Berlin road construction firm of the Wolfers in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1811-1968

Rudolf Apt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7180
Abstract

Bulk of collection consists of correspondences and short manuscripts by members of the Dresden Jewish community of personal accounts of war experience. Lists and index cards describing the fate of Jews from Dresden also included.

Dates: 1897-1982

Samuel Halperin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11578
Abstract

The collection contains various ephemera pertaining to the 20th century history of Jews in Germany and German Jews in Israel, including stamps, letters and postcards, cirulars and leaflets, and membership cards.

Dates: undated, circa 1900-1982

Schwabacher Family, Wuerzburg

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6335
Abstract

This collection holds papers, correspondence and visual material of Benno and Aenne Schwabacher (née Dannenberg) and their ancestors. Prominent topics are Aenne and Benno Schwabacher's vacations, their emigration from Germany and their immigration to the USA. The papers in this collection include a vast amount of visual material (predominantly photos), official documents, most of which related to the Schwabacher’s emigration and immigration as well as quite lot of correspondence.

Dates: 1746-1985; Majority of material found within 1914-1960s