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Bertha Pappenheim collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 157

Abstract

Primarily published materials by and about Bertha Pappenheim and the League of Jewish Women (Jüdischer Frauenbund), with some original materials.

Dates

  • 1928 - 1993

Language of Materials

The collection is in German and some English.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Readers may access the collection by visiting the Leo Baeck Institute in Jerusalem; we recommend reserving the collection in advance.

Biographical / Historical

Bertha Pappenheim, born in Vienna, Austria in 1859, was a patient of Sigmund Freud, known under the name Anna O. Politically active as a Jewish woman, Bertha von Pappenheim founded the Jewish Women's Association (Jüdischer Frauenbund) in 1905. She also founded a home for unwanted girls, unmarried mothers and their children in Neu Isenburg in 1907.

Extent

2 Folders

Other Finding Aids

Original German index included in folder 1.

Author
Processed by Meirav Reuveni. Electronic finding aid was encoded in EAD 2002 by Hermann Teifer in 2020.
Date
© 2020
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository

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