Peter Freund Collection

Folder 1 contains a manuscript for a seminar titled Das religiöse Problem der Meyerschen Menschen (1929) and a diploma from Berlin University (1927).

Folder 2 contains a thesis titled die Entwicklung des Normbegrieffs von Kant bis Windelband, including a bibliography (160 pages, missing cover, ca. 1933).

Folder 3 contains drafts and manuscripts of sermons delivered by Freund (hand-written and typescript, 1917, undated).

Folder 4 contains manuscripts of poems and translations by Freund, including a translation of "Arje Baal Guf," a story by Chaim Nachman Bialik, and many copies of a translation of Bialik's poem "Jehi Chelki Imachem" (hand-written and typescript, undated; probably published in Palestine).

Folder 5 contains a manuscript titled "Jossel Lobgesang" and a short article by Freund about the story (ca. 1937).

Folder 6 contains two Purim bulletins of the Tcheleth Lavan youth movement, Trautenau, Czechoslovakia (1936-1937); a Purim theatre play (undated); a Rosh Hashanah bulletin of the Jewish community of Trautenau (September 1936); invitations to Freund's lectures (1935-1938); a copy of the Hegge newspaper (Hebrew, April 1944).

Folder 7 contains some correspondence between Freund and his family members (hand-written and typescript, 1928-1996). This folder also includes correspondence concerning Freund’s migration to the USA, his search for a position as a rabbi (1938-1940), and reference letters from various Jewish communities in Berlin and Bonn (1927-1938).

Folder 8 contains a manuscript titled Reise nach Israel 26. April bis 15. Mai 1957 and describing a visit to Israel (undated, author unknown). The folder also contains Bibliographie der Schriften der edition Dr. Peter Freund, Jerusalem (von Felix Daniel Pinczower, 1974) and Freund's business card.

Folder 9 contains doctorate diploma from the Friedrich Wilhelm University Berlin (1933).