Rimalower Family Collection
Scope and Content Note
The bulk of the collection contains letters to Harry Rimalower in Argentina from his parents and other family members in Leipzig, Germany, (1936-1940). Included in the letters are updates on family members and friends in Germany, discussion of the ever-worsening situation there, and discussion of efforts to facilitate the emigration of Harry Rimalower's parents from Germany. English-language translations of several letters are included. Also included is a brief history of the Eppstein family of Mannheim and a family tree of the Bernhard Solomon family from the 17th century to 1937, with birth and death dates and locations.
Dates
- 1936-2002
Creator
- Rimalower family (Family)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German and English.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Use Restrictions
Copyright and literary property right is held by donor. Original documents are conveyed as an extended loan to the Leo Baeck Archives.
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
Harry Rimalower emigrated from Leipzig to Argentina in the mid 1930s and eventually came to the United States. His parents died in Auschwitz.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Abstract
The bulk of the collection contains letters to Harry Rimalower in Argentina from his parents and other family members in Leipzig, Germany, (1936-1940). Included in the letters are updates on family members and friends in Germany, discussion of the ever-worsening situation there, and discussion of efforts to facilitate the emigration of Harry Rimalower's parents from Germany. English-language translations of several letters are included. Also included is a brief history of the Eppstein family of Mannheim and a family tree of the Bernhard Solomon family from the 17th century to 1937, with birth and death dates and locations.
- Argentina
- Correspondence
- Eppstein family
- Genealogical tables
- Germany -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 1933-1945
- Jews -- Germany -- Genealogy
- Jews -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany
- Jews -- Social conditions
- Jews, German
- Leipzig (Germany)
- Rimalower family
- Rimalower, Harry
- Solomon family
- Title
- Guide to the Rimalower Family Collection, 1936-2002 AR 25529
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Sarah Glover
- Date
- © 2013
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- September 17, 2014 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
