Herbert Freeden Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains primarily materials (correspondence, press releases, contracts with the publishing house etc.) pertaining to Herbert Freeden's book about Jewish theater in Nazi Germany (Herbert Freeden: Juedisches Theater in Nazideutschland. Tuebingen: Mohr 1964.) Also included are typed manuscripts by Herbert Freeden mainly about the Jewish experience in Nazi Germany, as well as materials pertaining to Freeden's book about Jewish press in Nazi Germany (Herbert Freeden: Die juedische Presse im Dritten Reich. Frankfurt a.M. 1987.)
Dates
- 1961-1990
- Majority of material found within 1963-1965
Creator
- Freeden, Herbert, 1909- (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German and some Hebrew.
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
The author Herbert Freeden was born 1909 as Herbert H. Friedenthal in Posen. He died in 2003 in Jerusalem.
The two books by Freeden about the Jewish theater and the Jewish press respectively were written with the financial support of the Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem.
Extent
6 Folders
Abstract
This collection contains primarily materials (correspondence, press releases, contracts with the publishing house etc.) pertaining to Herbert Freeden's book about Jewish theater in Nazi Germany (Herbert Freeden: Juedisches Theater in Nazideutschland. Tuebingen: Mohr 1964.) Also included are typed manuscripts by Herbert Freeden mainly about the Jewish experience in Nazi Germany, as well as materials pertaining to Freeden's book about Jewish press in Nazi Germany (Herbert Freeden: Die juedische Presse im Dritten Reich. Frankfurt a.M. 1987.)
Note
This collection is located at LBI Jerusalem. For information on accessing the collection please visit their website: http://www.leobaeck.org/
- Adler-Rudel, S. (Shalom), 1894-1975
- Cohn, Benno
- Correspondence
- Freeden, Herbert, 1909-
- Germany
- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Israel
- Jewish press
- Jewish theater
- Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Juedischer Verlag
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Mayer, Shlomo
- Michaelis, Dolf, 1906-1981
- Mohr Siebeck (Firm)
- Publishers and publishing
- Tramer, Hans
- Title
- Guide to the Herbert Freeden Collection, 1961-1990 LBIJER 1052
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2014
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
