William Graetz Collection
Scope and Contents
Personal documents of William Graetz, including military papers, and membership and identity cards.
Records of ORT committees, minutes of executive committee meetings, correspondence and reports of the activities of ORT branches during the years 1926-1970 in Argentina, Bessarabia, Bolivia, Brazil, France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, South Africa, Switzerland, and the USSR, also including letters from Leo Baeck.
Records of the Jewish community of Berlin, in 1929 and 1930, including correspondence on juvenile care, financial reports, and meeting minutes.
The following individuals are mentioned in this collection: Graetz, William; Baeck, Leo; Syngalowski, Aron; Lvovitch, David; Frumkin, Jacob; Sadler, Ilse.
Dates
- 1915-1974
Creator
- Graetz, William, 1879-1974 (Person)
Language of Materials
The collection is in German, English, and Spanish.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Collection is microfilmed - use MF 567.
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 Krojanke (now Krajenka, Poland) on October 18, 1879, William Graetz was a banker who was chairman of German ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation Through Training) and a member of the executive board of the Jewish community of Berlin. He emigrated to Switzerland in 1938, to Argentina via France in 1940, and to the United States in 1947, and died in Philadelphia on January 13, 1974.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Abstract
Personal documents of William Graetz, including military papers, and membership and identity cards. Records of ORT committees, minutes of executive committee meetings, correspondence and reports of the activities of ORT branches during the years 1926-1970 in Argentina, Bessarabia, Bolivia, Brazil, France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, South Africa, Switzerland, and the USSR, also including letters from Leo Baeck. Records of the Jewish community of Berlin, in 1929 and 1930, including correspondence on juvenile care, financial reports, and meeting minutes. The following individuals are mentioned in this collection: Graetz, William; Baeck, Leo; Syngalowski, Aron; Lvovitch, David; Frumkin, Jacob; Sadler, Ilse.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 11 series.
- Series I: Personal Material, undated
- Series II: Corresondence: ORT, France, 1933-1968
- Series III: Correspondence: ORT, Varia, 1937-1973
- Series IV: Jewish Community: Berlin, 1929-1931
- Series V: ORT, Germany, 1926-1988
- Series VI: ORT, France, 1935-1952
- Series VII: ORT, Argentina, 1937-1942
- Series VIII: ORT, USA, 1934-1970
- Series IX: Various Countries, undated
- Series X: Newspaper Articles about ORT, 1925-1955
- Series XI: Varia, undated
Microfilm
Collection is available on 2 reels of microfilm (MF 567).
- Reel 1: Box 1
- Reel 2: Box 2
- Archival materials
- Bankers
- Emigration and immigration
- Evian Conference (Location of meeting: Evian-les-Bains, France). Date of meeting or treaty signing: (1938 :.)
- Jews -- Germany -- Berlin -- History
- Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany
- Jews, East European
- Latin America -- Emigration and immigration
- Medals
- Occupational retraining
- Public welfare
- Rabbis
- Restitution -- Germany
- Social workers
- World ORT Union
- Title
- William Graetz Collection, 1915-1974 AR 4121 / MF 567
- 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
