Ottilie Schoenewald Collection
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence of Schoenewald with institutions and individuals, including Leo Baeck, Klara Caro, Dora Edinger, Alfred Hirschberg, Selma Jolowicz, Hannah Karminski, Ernst Lowenthal, and Lilli Marx; Manuscripts, clippings, and offprints of articles, lectures, and speeches, by Schoenewald and others, on feminism, social work, the Juedischer Frauenbund, post-World War II Germany, U.S. immigration laws, and denazification; Material on Bertha Pappenheim; Records of the Juedischer Frauenbund; Records of the International Council of Jewish Women; Clippings.
See inventory.
Dates
- 1905-1983
Creator
- Schönewald, Ottilie, 1883-1961 (Person)
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.
Collection is microfilmed (MF 622).
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 Bochum on December 21, 1883, Ottilie Schoenewald was a social worker and feminist, and last president of the Juedischer Frauenbund, 1934-1939. She was also a member of the Preussischer Landesverband der juedischen Gemeinden. In 1926 she founded the Bochum branch of the "Juedischer Frauenbund". During the Weimar period she was a member of the Bochum magistrate for the liberal "Deutsche Demokratische Partei". In 1934 she was elected chairperson of the "Juedischer Frauenbund" in Germany. She was also a member of the board of the "Centralverein" and of the "Preussischer Landesverband juedischer Gemeinden". She emigrated to the United States via the Netherlands and Great Britain in 1939 and died in New York City on May 18, 1961.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
Correspondence of Schoenewald with institutions and individuals, including Leo Baeck, Klara Caro, Dora Edinger, Alfred Hirschberg, Selma Jolowicz, Hannah Karminski, Ernst Lowenthal, and Lilli Marx; Manuscripts, clippings, and offprints of articles, lectures, and speeches, by Schoenewald and others, on feminism, social work, the Juedischer Frauenbund, post-World War II Germany, U.S. immigration laws, and denazification; Material on Bertha Pappenheim; Records of the Juedischer Frauenbund; Records of the International Council of Jewish Women; Clippings.
Other Finding Aid
8-page inventory.
Microfilm
Collection is available on microfilm (MF 622).
Separated Material
Photographs have been removed to the LBI Photograph Collection.
- Archival materials
- Baeck, Leo, 1873-1956
- Bochum (Germany)
- Caro, Klara
- Child welfare
- Edinger, Dora
- Feminism
- Germany
- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
- Germany -- History -- 1945-1955
- Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration
- Hirschberg, Alfred, 1901-
- International Council of Jewish Women
- Jewish community centers
- Jolowicz, Selma
- Jüdischer Frauenbund
- Karminski, Hannah
- Lowenthal, Ernst G., 1904-
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Marx, Lilli, 1927-2004
- Microfilms
- Nazi Germany -- Jewish communal and cultural life
- Neu-Isenburg (Germany)
- Pappenheim, Bertha, 1859-1936
- Photographs
- Public welfare
- Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden
- Restitution
- Schönewald, Ottilie, 1883-1961
- Social workers
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century
- Women -- Education
- Women -- Employment
- Women -- Political activity
- Women -- Societies and clubs
- Wyk (Germany)
- Zentralausschuss der deutschen Juden für Hilfe und Aufbau
- Title
- Guide to the Ottilie Schoenewald Collection, 1905-1983 AR 3896 / MF 622
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2010
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Revision Statements
- October 29, 2013 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
