Solomon Adler-Rudel Collection
Scope and Content Note
AR 2247: clippings; memorials; articles.
Speeches, essays, reports, statistics, and lecture notes by Adler-Rudel on Jews in Germany, problems of German-Jewish emigration, and the situation of refugees in Europe, the Americas, and Palestine.
Reports by others on conditions during World War II, including material on Arab fascists in Palestine, an account by a German diplomat on Lithuania under German occupation, and a report by Norbert Masur on a meeting with Heinrich Himmler in April 1945 (Addenda: copy of Masur report in German, photocopy, 10 pages)
Manuscript: "Taetigkeitsbericht der Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland". German, 281 pp; photocopy of typescript; undated. Manscript of a book on the work of the Jewish social service agency from 1933-1939. Includes statistics and other material on German-Jewish emigration, demography, education, etc. Also includes a foreword by Robert Weltsch and an appendix on the history of the Reichsvertretung by Schaul Esch.
See Inventory list
Dates
- 1927-1948
Creator
- Adler-Rudel, S. (Shalom), 1894-1975 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, English, French, Yiddish, Hebrew.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Collection is microfilmed (MF 686).
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Biographical Note
Born in Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary (now Chernovtsy, USSR), on June 23, 1894, Adler-Rudel was a social worker in Berlin and Vienna. From 1933 to 1936, he was executive secretary of the Reichsvertretung der deutschen Juden and a member of the executive committee of the Zionistische Vereinigung fuer Deutschland. In 1936, he emigrated to Great Britain, and in 1949 to Israel. Adler-Rudel held important positions with the Association of Jewish Refugees, the World Zionist Organization, and the Leo Baeck Institute. He died in Jerusalem on November 14, 1975.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
Clippings, memorials, articles. Speeches, essays, reports, statistics, and lecture notes by Adler-Rudel on Jews in Germany, problems of German-Jewish emigration, and the situation of refugees in Europe, the Americas, and Palestine.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 9 series.
- Series I: CURRICULUM VITAE, CORRESPONDENCE, undated, 1940-1944
- Series II: REPORTS, SPEECHES, ESSAYS (S. ADLER-RUDEL), undated, 1927-1945
- Series III: NOTES FOR LECTURES (ADLER-RUDEL), undated, 1942
- Series IV: REPORTS AND ESSAYS FROM OTHER PERSONALITIES, 1939-1945
- Series V: PRINTED PAMPHLETS OF VARIOUS AGENCIES, undated, 1940-1943
- Series VI: STATISTICS, 1940-1942
- Series VII: VARIA, undated
- Series VIII: Manuscript: Taetigkeitsbericht der Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland, undated
- Series IX: Clippings, Memorials, Articles, undated
Other Finding Aid
7-page inventory.
Microfilm
Collection is available on 1 reel of microfilm (MF 686).
Separated Material
Photographs have been removed to the LBI Photograph Collection.
Bibliography
General
Other identifiers include: AR 2247
- Title
- Guide to the Solomon Adler-Rudel Collection, 1927-1948 AR 4473 / MF 686
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2010
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Revision Statements
- October 31, 2013 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
