Ismar Freund Collection

Collection

Identifier: LBIJER 108

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

The collection contains primarily manuscripts by Ismar Freund (partly published as hectographs by Peter Freund, Jerusalem) pertaining to German-Jewish history in particular in Prussia, and presumably written after Freund's immigration to Palestine in 1939. Some of the texts are based on research in the "Geheimes Staatsarchiv" ("Prussian Privy State Archives"). Titles include:

"Die erstmalige Errichtung einer Verfassung" (hectographed typescript, 28+1 pp.), "Das Geheimnis um die Anfaenge der Judenempancipation in Preussen" (typescript, 22+1 pp.), "Die 'Hep-Hep'-Bewegung von 1819 in Preussen" (typescript, 40+1 pp.), "Israel-Regierung und Jewish Agency" (hectographed typescript, 34+1 pp.), "Wetzlar" (typescript, 7 pp.), and [Diaspora und Israel. Das Problem der doppelten Loyalitaet] (hectographed typescript, 89+7 pp., front page missing).

The collection also contains publications of Freund from the 1920s including "Die Bedeutung der Trennung von Staat und Kirche fuer das Judentum" (16 pp.) from 1919, "Entwurf einer Verfassung fuer eine Gesamtorganisation des deutschen Judentums" (36 pp.) from 1920, and "Denkschrift nebst Entwurf einer Verfassung fuer eine Landesorganisation der preussischen Synagogengemeinden" (16 pp.) from 1922. Furthermore, the collection contains clippings about Ismar Freund, an obituary and articles commemoration his 100th birthday.

Dates

1919-1976; undated

Language of Materials

This collection is in German.

Access Restrictions

Open to researchers.

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

Ismar Freund was born in Breslau in 1876. He studied law and economics at the University of Breslau and attended the "Jewish Theological Seminary of Breslau". Between 1902 and 1938 he was a board member and legal advisor of the Jewish community of Berlin and co-founder of the "Preussische Landesverband juedischer Gemeinden". Since 1905 he taught at the "Hochschule fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums". In November 1938 he was arrested and brought to the concentration camp of Buchenwald, however was released and could immigrate to Palestine in 1939. Freund died in Jerusalem in 1956.