Ed Arno Collection

Folder 1 contains the Questionnaire of the Austrian Heritage Collection at the Leo Baeck Institute and additional biographical documents. Vital documents include birth certificates, residency permits, military documents, and other related documents stemming from the war years in Cernauti / Czernowitz. There are also documents relating to his attempts to emigrate from Romania, an honorary diploma, correspondence relating to emigration and exhibitions, his parents' death certificates and other post-World War II Romanian and American identification documents.

Folder 2 contains a number of high quality color xeroxes of family members and friends from before World War II and during World War II. A description of the individuals in the photos can be found in the inventory in folder 1. Of interest is one of Arno in Czernowitz wearing the Jewish star half-concealed (1941). Xeroxes of many anti-fascist illustrations he made during the 1940s are also included (in Romanian) as well as some color photos of other artwork completed after emigrating to the United States and Christmas/Hannukah cards which he illustrated.

Folders 3 and 4 contain clippings of articles by or about Arno, as well as 3 friends of his, Alfred Gong, Norbert Gingold, and Viktor Boiko. Of interest is the original photograph, "Die alten Juden", donated by Boiko and Arno depicting a bench of Jewish men sitting on the Weinberg overlooking the city of Czernowitz (1933).