Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden Collection
Scope and Content Note
The file contains various documents pertaining to the activity of the Reich Representation of German Jews (Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden) and comprises ten folders.
Dates
- Creation: 1933-1939, 1945-1983
Creator
- Adler-Rudel, S. (Shalom), 1894-1975 (Person)
- Tramer, Hans (Person)
- Cohn, Benno (Person)
- Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden (Organization)
- Wiener Library (Organization)
- Bundesarchiv (Germany) (Organization)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection has been digitized. Please follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
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 Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden was an umbrella association of German Jewish organizations that operated during the Nazi period. It was founded in September 1933 and headed by Rabbi Leo Baeck and Otto Hirsch. The organization coordinated the activities of the many Jewish community and political organizations in order to improve various aspects of the life of German Jews under the Nazi regime.
Extent
10 Folders : typescript.
Abstract
The file contains various documents pertaining to the activity of the Reich Representation of German Jews (Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden) and comprises ten folders.
Other Finding Aid
For the former division of the file see LBIJER 1094.
Folder 8 contains an index list for the documents in the folder.
Separated Material
See also LBIJER 552.
Note
The file is owned by LBI Jerusalem.
Subject
- Baeck, Leo, 1873-1956 (Person)
- Buber, Martin, 1878-1965 (Person)
- Lilienthal, Arthur (Person)
- Katzenstein, Willy (Person)
- Wolff, Leo, 1870-1958 (Person)
- Hirschland, Georg, 1885-1942 (Person)
- Zentralausschuss der deutschen Juden für Hilfe und Aufbau (Organization)
- Mittelstelle für Jüdische Erwachsenenbildung (Frankfurt, Main) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Berlin (Germany)
- Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
- Germany -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 1933-1945
- Israel -- Emigration and immigration
Topical
- Adult education -- Germany
- Jewish leadership
- Jews -- Economic conditions
- Jews -- Education
- Jews -- Germany
- Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
- Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Germany
- Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany
- Jews -- Social conditions
- Jews -- Societies, etc
- Jews -- Statistics
- National socialism -- Jewish response
- Nazi propaganda
- Title
- Guide to the Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden Collection, 1933-1939, 1945-1983 LBIJER 555
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- July 29, 2019 : dao links added.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
