Paul Rieger Collection

The collection documents a very wide spectrum of Paul Rieger’s writings and interests. Series I contains personal documents such as his ordination certificate as well as Rieger’s correspondence. The most extensive part of the collection is Series 2: Writings, which contains a variety of manuscripts, articles, notes, index cards, correspondence, excerpts and lectures. Rieger’s articles cover a wide scope of topics, incuding Jewish and non-Jewish issues. His main work however, was Zur Geschichte der Juden in Rom. Series 3 holds a vast amount of off-prints about different subjects, such as on Jewish and non-Jewish topics, on Palestine and Israel as well as on Leo Baeck. Series 4 consists of Jewish, Yiddish, Israeli and German newspapers, and newsletters of Jewish communities in Germany. Series 5: Varia covers miscellaneous documents, such as letters of protection, legal documents, an abundance of marriage contracts, original signatures of Jewish personalities such as of Martin Buber and a record of the first meeting of the Centralverein deutscher Staatsbuerger juedischen Glaubens. There are also various pictures and drawings of different places, synagogues and people. Series 6: Oversized Materials contains Hebrew learning material, newspapers and fliers of Germany as well as Nazi propaganda.

The following individuals are mentioned in this collection: Rieger, Paul; Auerbach, Berthold; Kohut, George Alexander; Philippson, Martin; Vogelstein, Hermann; Basch, Abraham; Feilchenfeld, W.; Hirsch, Otto; Levy, Alphonse; Levi, Markus Jacob; Liebeschuetz, Hans; Nathan, M.; Rieger, Emilie (nee Reiss); Rieger, Paul.

The following locations are mentioned in this collection: Stuttgart; Posen; Breslau; Freudental; Wuerttemberg.