Max Meir Spangenthal Collection

The collection consists of various materials pertaining to Max Meir Spangenthal.

It contains correspondence including letters pertaining to Spangenthal's employment as Hebrew teacher at Jewish schools in Chicago and New York, his work for the Jewish education committee of New York (1948-1965), and to his restitution payments (Wiedergutmachung) and his efforts to regain German citizenship (1983-1997), furthermore, documents pertaining to Spangenthal including university certificates, a certificate pertaining to his studies at the rabbinical seminary in Berlin, certificates of naturalization (for Palestine and the United States), clearance certificates, and a copy of his dissertation in law.

The collection also holds manuscripts by various authors including the draft of a speech titled "yahadut germania ka-yom" [title] (typescript, 6 pp.) about Jewry in Germany today presumably by Shlomo Aronson, and clippings pertaining to various topics.

The collection also contains materials (notes, correspondence, clippings, and photographs) pertaining to a research on the Jewish history of Spangenberg (Hesse) and the fate of its Jewish inhabitants during the Shoah including correspondence.