Samuel Echt - Bernhard Kamnitzer Collection
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and materials by and about Kamnitzer and Echt on Danzig; personal materials on life in emigration; childhood memoirs in Danzig.
Manuscript by Sam Echt: "Geschichte der Juedischen Gemeinde Danzig". Undated; German, 687 p. (3 volumes); typed. History of the Jewish congregation of Danzig from the 11th to 20th centuries. Includes appendices.
Dates
- 1913-1970
Creator
- Echt, Samuel, 1888-1974 (Person)
- Kamnitzer, Bernhard, 1890-1959 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German and English.
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 569.
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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
Samuel Echt was born in Norgau, East Prussia (now USSR), on July 17, 1888. A teacher, historian, and Jewish communal leader in Danzig, he emigrated to Great Britain in 1939 and to the United States in 1948. He died in New York City on November 12, 1974.
Bernhard Kamnitzer was born in Dirschau (now Tczew, Poland) on October 25, 1890. He worked as a lawyer and served as a judge, legislator, and senator in the Free City of Danzig. He emigrated via Great Britain to the United States in 1938, where he was co-founder and president of the American Danzig Association. Kamnitzer died in New York City on July 15, 1959.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Abstract
Correspondence and materials by and about Kamnitzer and Echt on Danzig; personal materials on life in emigration; childhood memoirs in Danzig.
Microfilm
Collection is available on 3 reels of microfilm (MF 569).
- Reel 1: 1/1-1/16
- Reel 2: 1/17-1/26
- Reel 3: 1/27-1/39
Bibliography
"Der Danziger Ritualmordprozess Czybulla" was published in an article by Hugo Friedlaender, "Interessante Kriminalprozesse von kulturhistorischer Bedeutung" in 'Gerichts-Berichterstatter', Bd. VII, Berlin 1920.
- American Danzig Association
- Archival materials
- Aschenheim'sche Stiftung `Altersheim', Danzig
- B'nai B'rith
- Becker, Julius
- Blood accusation
- Childhood
- Danzig (Germany) -- Free City of Danzig -- Freie Stadt Danzig -- Wolne Miasto Gdańsk
- Danziger Verein für jüdische Geschichte und Literatur
- Echt, Samuel, 1888-1974
- Elbląg (Poland)
- Friedlaender, Hugo
- Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration
- Historians
- Internment of aliens
- Jungjüdische Bund
- Kamnitzer, Bernhard, 1890-1959
- Karlsbad
- Kristallnacht, 1938
- Lawyers
- Lodges
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Mauritius
- Memoirs
- Meyer, Gerald
- Microfilms
- Nazi Germany -- Jewish communal and cultural life
- Photographs
- Public welfare
- Russia
- Simson, Richard
- Teachers
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century
- Voyages and travels
- Youth movements
- Title
- Guide to the Samuel Echt - Bernhard Kamnitzer Collection, 1913-1970 AR 7016 / MF 569
- Status
- Completed
- 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
- 2010-12-17 : 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
