Justin J. Mueller Collection

This collection primarily documents the efforts of Justin Mueller, his mother Laura (née Zivi) Mueller, and the extended Zivi family to leave Muellheim (Baden), Germany in the late 1930s and early 1940s. It contains personal correspondence between the family members from this time period, as well as official correspondence and documentation such as visa applications and supporting affidavits. The collection also includes genealogical research on the Zivi family, as well as restitution correspondence, Laura Mueller's vital documents, and printed material, research, and correspondence about the Jewish community of Muellheim (Baden).

The collection also contains research and original materials about the family of Justin Mueller's wife, Hella née Rees (1924-1994). Documents relating to Alfred Rees (1882-1969), her father, include correspondence and documentation about his emigration from Italy to New York. The Reis family documents include, among other things, a Yahrzeit book for Amelie Reis (1850-1923). The alternate spellings of the last name are because at some point after arriving in the United States, Alfred changed the spelling of his name from Reis to Rees.

This collection also contains other items of German-Jewish interest donated by Justin Mueller, such as clippings, printed material, and copies of newspaper and scholarly articles, primarily about Jews in southern Germany and Switzerland, and a five crown bill from the Theresienstadt concentration camp.