Barak (Zionist Theater) Collection

The collection contains materials pertaining to the Zionist theater "Barak" ("Zionistische Propagandatruppe").

Series I consists of documents pertaining to Hans Anton Wolff's (1906-1974?) "Einer von uns", a play in the form of a "Lehrstueck" depicting the "conversion" of a young assimilated German Jew to Zionism, containing songs and dialogs. The piece was shown at the teacher's seminary (Lehrerseminar) in Berlin in 1932. The series holds two copies of the play (typescripts, 36 and 54 pp.), drafts of single scenes (handwritten and typewritten, partly not included in the play), and two versions of a speech by H. A. Wolff on the occasion of the play's performance in Berlin ("Vorrede") (typescript, 7 pp., manuscript, 9 pp.).

Series II contains various materials not related to "Einer von uns", however primarily pertaining to H. A. Wolff and the theater "Barak". It includes manuscripts such as a speech about the movement "Bne Chorin"(typescript, 14 pp., incomplete) by an unidentified author, a typescript titled "Wandlungen! Vom alten zum neuen Kartell" (typescript, 8 pp.) by H. A. Wolff and Heinz Gerling about the "Kartell Juedischer Verbindungen" (K.J.V.), "Judenfragen"(manuscript, 4 pp.) presumably by H. A. Wolff, and "Barak – eine Methode zionistischer Werbung" by H. A. Wolff (typescript and manuscript, 5 pp. and 8 pp.), drafts of scenes from unknown play(s) presumably by H. A. Wolff including a scene for a "K.J.V. Revue" titled "Palestine!" (typescript, 1 p.), a storyboard (notes of the director) of an unknown play with instructions for the performance (notepad), correspondence (Chitzes, Leon; K.J.V.; Keren Kayemet ; Wolff, Hans Anton), documents (including a CV by H. A. Wolff, a contract between the "Zionistischen Vereinigung fuer Deutschland" and "Barak" pertaining to the rights of the play "Die einzige Loesung" by Salli Lewin and Daniel Sambursky from 1932).