Chaim Bloch Collection
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, including letters from Leo Baeck, Salo Baron, Julie Braun-Vogelstein, Martin Buber, Werner Cahnmann, Max Dienemann, Ismar Elbogen, Erich Fromm, Hermann Fürnberg, Nahum Glatzer, Nahum Goldmann, Max Gruenewald, Max Grunwald, Siegfried Guggenheim, Ernest Jones, Hermann Kesten, Guido Kisch, Adolf Kober, Franz Kobler, Joachim Prinz, Lessing Rosenwald, Ingrid Warburg, Alma Mahler-Werfel, and Franz Werfel.
Clippings and manuscripts on Judaism, Hasidism, Zionism, Nazi Germany, and on Bloch's life and work.
See Inventory list
Dates
- 1896-1978
Creator
- Bloch, Chajim, 1881-1973 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, Yiddish, Hebrew, English.
Access Restrictions
Collection is digitized.
Collection is microfilmed (MF 513).
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 Nagybocskó, Austria-Hungary (now in the Ukraine) on June 27, 1881, Chaim Bloch was ordained as a rabbi and emigrated to Vienna in 1915. He served as a chaplain in the Austro-Hungarian army during World War I, and afterwards worked as an author in Vienna. Most prominently, he wrote a book about the Golem of Prague. In 1939, Bloch emigrated to Great Britain and then moved on to the United States, where he continued his literary work. Chaim Bloch died in New York City on January 23, 1973.
Extent
6 Linear Feet
Abstract
Correspondence, including letters from Leo Baeck, Salo Baron, Julie Braun-Vogelstein, Martin Buber, Werner Cahnmann, Max Dienemann, Ismar Elbogen, Erich Fromm, Hermann Fürnberg, Nahum Glatzer, Nahum Goldmann, Max Gruenewald, Max Grunwald, Siegfried Guggenheim, Ernest Jones, Hermann Kesten, Guido Kisch, Adolf Kober, Franz Kobler, Joachim Prinz, Lessing Rosenwald, Ingrid Warburg, Alma Mahler-Werfel, and Franz Werfel.
Arrangement
- Series I: Personal Papers, 1922-1960
- Series II: Correspondence, 1910-1969
- Subseries A: Hebrew & YiddishCorrespondence, 1910-1969
- Subseries B: German & EnglishCorrespondence, 1916-1964
- Subseries C: Family Correspondence, 1911-1960
- Subseries D: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1918-1961
- Series III: Manuscripts, 1925-1961
- Series IV: Clippings, 1896-1962
- Series V: Miscellaneous, 1930-1961
- Series VI: Addenda, 1928, 1978
Other Finding Aid
Details see typewritten 1-page inventory (see Arrangement), typewritten name-index to the correspondence (17 p.).
Microfilm
Collection is available on 13 reels of microfilm (MF 513).
Existence and Location of Copies
Available on microfilm
- Title
- Guide to the Chaim Bloch Collection, 1896-1978 AR 7155 / MF 513
- 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
- September 2010: Links to digital objects added in Container List.
- 2010-09-28 : 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
