Wilhelm Buchheim Collection
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains various personal documents of Wilhelm Buchheim and numerous lectures he gave in English and German. Folder 1 contains I.D. cards, passports, school exam certificates, Ehrenkreuz for WWI, reference letter, autobiographical notes to LBI, old inventory. Lectures in Folder 2 include English language (held in London) "Does Anti-Semitism Affect the Character of the Jews?" and "Education in Germany". Germany language lectures include "Das Jüdische Kind und seine Umwelt" "Apologetische Fragen im Religionsunterricht" "Die Neuordnung der Lehrerbildung." Folder 3 contains clippings, often on pedagogical topics, with some articles by Buchheim, others by Gustav Krojanker. The Jewish newspapers include "Gemeindeblatt Essen", "Jüdische Schulzeitung" and "Blätter fuer Erziehung und Unterricht."
See Inventory list in Folder 1 for detailed entries.
Dates
- 1902-1956
Language of Materials
This collection is in English and German.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
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 Rosenthal bei Marburg on December 28, 1887, Wilhelm Buchheim studied to become an elementary school teacher and, after army service during World War I, taught in the Jewish school in Essen. From 1933 to 1939, he was principal of the Jewish school in Dortmund. He emigrated to the United States via Great Britain in 1939-1940 and died in New York City on October 15, 1957.
Extent
5 Folders
Abstract
The collection contains various personal documents of Wilhelm Buchheim and numerous lectures he gave in English and German. Lectures in folder 2 include English language (held in London) "Does Anti-Semitism Affect the Character of the Jews?" and "Education in Germany" . Germany language lectures include "Das Jüdische Kind und seine Umwelt" "Apologetische Fragen im Religionsunterricht" "Die Neuordnung der Lehrerbildung." Folder 3 contains clippings, often on pedagogical topics, with some articles by Buchheim, others by Gustav Krojanker. The Jewish newspapers include "Gemeindeblatt Essen", "Jüdische Schulzeitung" and "Blätter fuer Erziehung und Unterricht."
Other Finding Aid
5-page inventory.
Separated Material
Wilhelm Buchheim's diaries are cataloged separately in the memoir collection. See ME 1535. They include war diary (1914-1917), London diary (1939 -1940), USA diary (1940-1943) and cover his experiences in World War I, life in Dortmund in the Nazi era, and his emigration as well as a family history by Buchheim.
Bibliography
- Antisemitism
- Berlin (Germany)
- Dortmund (Germany)
- Education, Primary
- Education, Secondary
- Essen (Germany)
- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
- Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration
- Herzebrock (Germany)
- Holidays
- Israelitische Volksschule Essen
- Jewish teachers
- Kristallnacht, 1938
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Photographs
- Städtische Israelitische Volksschule (Dortmund)
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- World War, 1914-1918
- Title
- Guide to the Wilhelm Buchheim Collection, 1902-1956 AR 2078 / MF 687
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2014
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
