November Pogrom 1938 Commemoration Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection highlights an array of cultural events marking the fiftieth anniversary of Kristallnacht, which occurred on November 9-10, 1938. Commemorations took place internationally and this collection contains materials generated by nations, states and cities in Europe, North America and the Middle East. Communities across the globe observed the anniversary with memorial services, lectures, special publications, archival exhibits, art installations, film screenings, concerts and media broadcasts. This collection contains newspaper clippings, memoirs, and booklets. There are brochures and leaflets for exhibitions in museums, archives and libraries. There are printed programs for concerts and lectures. Transcripts of speeches can also be found in this collection.
Dates
- 1986-2001
- Majority of material found within November 1988
Language of Materials
The collection is in German and English with some Hebrew, French and Italian.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
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.
Historical Note
Pogroms against Jews, known as Kristallnacht (“night of broken glass”), occurred under the auspices of the Third Reich on November 9 - 10, 1938. The fiftieth anniversary of Kristallnacht in 1988 prompted global commemorations that were hosted by governments, religious organizations, historical societies, academic institutions and other civic groups and a vast array of materials were generated in conjunction with these commemorations.
Several individuals assembled and donated the materials that comprise this collection. Some individuals contributed their personal memoirs: Manfred Berger, Fred (Manfred) Ederer, Henry Landman, Otto S. Leib, Ernest Loeb, Ernest L. Oppenheim and Walter Schnell. A transcript of a lecture was submitted by Hermann E. Simon. Other materials were contributed by the following individuals: Miriam Gerber, Carol Herselle Krinsky, Elizabeth Lunau, Alfred Moos, and Frederick Rose.
Extent
1.0 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection contains clippings and other published materials, as well as transcripts of speeches and memoirs that were produced in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Kristallnacht, which occurred on November 9-10, 1938. Commemorations were held at the sites of pogroms, as well as by the international community.
Arrangement
This collection has been arranged into two series.
Digitization Note
The collection was digitized in its entirety. Access to folders containing newspaper clippings is limited to on-site access only due to copyright. Researchers with questions regarding suppressed materials may contact the LBI Archivist at lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org.
Separated Material
The following video has been moved to the LBI Audio/Visual collection: “Kristallnacht: Changing the Future by Confronting the Past,” produced by the Evangelical Sisterhood of the Sisters of Mary.
The following serials have been moved to the LBI Library:
“A Remembrance: ‘Kristallnacht’ November 9/10, 1938.” LBI News 56 (Summer/Fall 1988): 1-7.
Dimensions: A Journal of Holocaust Studies (International Center for Holocaust Studies, Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith) 4, no. 2 (1988). Special issue entitled “Kristallnacht Reexamined.”
Pätzold, Kurt. “Der Novemberpogrom 1938.” Archiv Mitteilungen: Zeitschrift für Theorie und Praxis des Archivwesens (Staatliche Archivverwaltung der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik) 38 (May 1988): 145-148.
- Title
- Guide to the November Pogrom 1938 Commemoration Collection 1986 - 2001 bulk November 1988 AR 6342
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Angela Lawrence
- Date
- © 2011
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Sponsor
- Described, encoded, and digitized as part of the CJH Holocaust Resource Initiative, made possible by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
