Irvin Eppstein Collection

The collection consists of materials pertaining to Irvin Eppstein.

It contains manuscripts by Eppstein on literature (e.g. about Beer-Hoffmann, Kurt Tucholsky, Hermann Hesse, Stefan Zweig, Rolf Hochhut, Leonid Pasternak), on Zionism (e.g. about David Wolfsohn, the "Uganda-proposal", the Zionist movement, Zionist parties, the Yishuv), and writings on several other topics (e.g. "Der Einzelne in der Gemeinschaft" (17 pp.), "Zellen oeffentlicher Meinungsbildung" (2 pp.), "Gelebte Religion" (5 pp.), "Zum 70. Geburtstag von Martin Buber" (7 pp.)).

Some of the manuscripts are drafts of articles for the "Mitteilungsblatt" and other newspapers and periodicals.

The collection also includes correspondence (a small amount of letters and drafts of letters) in particular between Irvin Eppstein and his brother Paul from 1938.

Furthermore, there are various materials (manuscripts, correspondence, clippings) pertaining to Max Brod and events at the house of Ernst and Nadja Taussig (mostly pertaining to lectures and speeches by I. Eppstein on M. Brod). It includes correspondence of Irvin Eppstein with M. Brod, N. Taussig and others, (with attachments such as a poem by Brod titled "Sehr frueh am Morgen", and a short article by Brod titled "Prinzipielles zur Politik" (6 pp., handwritten). There are also several manuscripts including a speech in memory of Ernst Taussig (typescript, 2 pp.), a text on Brod's "Galilei in Gefangenschaft" (typescript, 20 pp.), and a speech on the occasion of Brod's 75th birthday ("Von der Botschaft Max Brods" (typescript, 10 pp.)).

The collection holds materials pertaining to Sammy Gronemann including an obituary by I. Eppstein on Gronemann, correspondence between I. Eppstein, his wife, and Sammy Gronemann and his family, and materials pertaining to the Herzl-Bund: manuscripts, letters, circulars, clippings (including a manuscript by I. Eppstein titled "50 Jahre Herzl-Bund" (11 pp.)).

There are materials pertaining to Eppstein's activities in the Zionist (youth) movement including the "Jugendbund Gabriel Riesser", "Verband juedischer Jugendvereine Deutschlands", "Turnverein Bar Kochba" and "Juedischer Jugendbund Homburg Saar" before his immigration to Palestine. It includes drafts of speeches on various topics, such as Zionism, assimilation, musical performances, a manuscript titled "Der Ewige Jude" (12 pp.), and a photograph by Martin Buber.

The collection contains a large number of materials pertaining to the Bialik Lodge including drafts of memorial speeches and of speeches on the occasion of anniversaries (e.g. "Zum zwanzigjaehrigen Bestehen der Bialik-Loge" (typescript, 4 pp.), "Herzl-Gedenkrede" (typescript, 5 pp.)), and other manuscripts such as "Sprachenproblem" (handwritten, 11 pp.), poems and plays e.g. on the occasion of Purim 1944, reports and minutes of the Bialik Lodge, correspondence of Irvin Eppstein especially with Philip M. Klutznick, chairman of the international council of B'nai B'rith, and correspondence pertaining to Eppstein's election to the international council of B'nai B'rith in 1959, furthermore, circulars, invitations, and other publications by the Bialik Lodge and B'nai B'rith.

The collection also contains clippings of articles by Irvin Eppstein and others (e.g. from the "Israelitisches Gemeindeblatt", "Jugendbund", "Nachrichtenblatt der Synagogengemeinden des Saargebiets", "Ichud Schiwat Zion Gemeindeblatt") especially pertaining to Jewish (Zionist) youth movements in Germany.