Benno and Pesha Bermann collection

The collection consists of correspondence between Benno and Pesha, official documents, genealogy tables, passports pertaining to the couple, and photographs.

The correspondence in Series I contains original letters that Benno and Pesha exchanged daily for almost a year between 1926 and 1927 from Frankfurt to Jerusalem. The content is personal matters. An English translation/summary of the correspondence can be found in Series I.

Series II includes genealogy tables of the Bermann family, the Mannheim family, the Dimitrovskz family and others. Moreover it contains official documents and passports of Benno and Pesha, genealogy tables, photographs and a brochure about an exhibition called "Pesha's journey". The official documents include for example Pesha's matriculation, certification and graduation from Elisabethenschule in Frankfurt, the marriage certificate of Benno's parents Ferdinand and Rachel, work certificates pertaining to Benno, and Benno's and Pesha's certificates of citizenship in the United States. The brochure "Pesha's journey" includes photographs and a biographical description about the couple's lives. The passports are from Deutsches Reich, Palestine, and America between 1921 and 1974. Most of the photographs in this collection were taken by Benno, and are dated between 1897 and 1931. They were taken in Frankfurt am Main, Jerusalem and New York City, and show family members among others.