Fritz Friedlaender Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection mainly contains articles, notes, manuscripts and other writings by Fritz Friedlaender on various topics as well as articles from other authors on related topics. There are articles on Gabriel Riesser, Friedrich Meinecke, Moritz Heimann, Heinrich Heine, Stefan Zweig, Richard Beer-Hofmann, Ulrich Sanders and others. The collection also contains letters to Friedlaender from Leo Baeck, Ismar Elbogen, and Max Wiener (1935-1972), and misc. personal documents.
Dates
- undated, 1924-1980
Creator
- Friedlaender, Fritz, 1901-1980 (Person)
Language of Materials
The collection is in German and English.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Collection is microfilmed; use MF 621.
Photocopy permitted for reference purposes only. For possible publication, written permission from donor required.
Access Information
Readers may access the collection by visiting the Lillian Goldman Reading Room at the Center for Jewish History. We recommend reserving the collection in advance; please visit the LBI Online Catalog and click on the "Request" button.
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 Berlin in 1901 to a drug store owner, Fritz Friedlaender was a Social Democratic journalist, teacher and activist of the Centralverein. He contributed to Der Morgen and to the Philo-Lexikon and was an editor of the Zeitschrift fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland. From 1933 to 1938 he was a teacher at Jewish schools in Berlin. After his arrest in Sachsenhausen concentration camp he emigrated to Shanghai in 1939 and to Australia in 1946. He died there in 1980.
Extent
2.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
The collection mainly contains articles, notes, manuscripts and other writings by Fritz Friedlaender on various topics as well as articles from other authors on related topics. There are articles on Gabriel Riesser, Friedrich Meinecke, Moritz Heimann, Heinrich Heine, Stefan Zweig, Richard Beer-Hofmann, Ulrich Sanders and others. The collection also contains letters to Friedlaender from Leo Baeck, Ismar Elbogen, and Max Wiener (1935-1972), and misc. personal documents.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 5 boxes.
Microfilm
Collection is available on three reels of microfilm (MF 621).
- Reel 1: 1/1 - 2/5
- Reel 2: 2/6 - 3/6
- Reel 3: 4/1 - 5/8
- Title
- Fritz Friedlaender Collection, undated, 1924-1980 AR 7201 / MF 621
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Revision Statements
- 2010-03-23 : encoding of linking to digital objects from finding aid was changed from <extref> to <dao> through dao_conv.xsl
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
