Recha Freier Collection
Scope and Contents
The file contains various documents relating to Recha Freier and her activities in Youth Aliyah in Germany.
I : Various documents about Recha Freier: newspaper articles about her (1980, undated, photocopied); a play (?) about Freier and the establishment of Youth Aliya (1983); a transcript of a radio interview with Freier and her children (1984); transcripts of interviews held by Avraham Schiff-Badholf with Shalheveth Freier (Recha's son) and others; a letter from Prof. Serem Freier (son of Recha) to Dr. Schultz about his father (Recha's husband) Rabbi Dr. Moritz Freier (2001). The folder also contains an audio cassette.
II: Material pertaining to Freier's autobiography "Let the Children Come": a copy of Freier's statement to the Palestine Office in Germany (1940, with translation); excerpts from the Book in English; a version of the same events described in the book in German (undated); correspondence between the Federation of German Jews (Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden) and the publishers of Freier's book in England, concerning her references to Rabbi Dr. Leo Baeck (1959-1965). The folser also contains Freier's Hebrew book Yashresh (ישרש) (1953).
Dates
- Creation: 1940-2001
Creator
- Freier, Recha (Person)
- Schiff-Badholf, Avraham, 1914-2013 (Person)
Language of Materials
The collection is in German, Hebrew and English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
The collection has been digitized.
Extent
2 Folders
Abstract
The file contains various documents relating to Recha Freier and her activities in Youth Aliyah in Germany.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 1 series.
Bibliography
Subject
- Baeck, Leo, 1873-1956 (Person)
- Freier, Moritz, 1889- (Person)
- Jewish Agency for Israel. Youth Aliyah Department (Organization)
- Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden (Organization)
- Youth Aliyah Child Rescue (Organization)
Genre / Form
- Archival materials
- Autobiographies (literary works)
- clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- interviews
- manuscripts (documents)
Geographic
Topical
- Author
- Processed by Meirav Reuveny
- Date
- © 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository