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Albert B. Oppenheimer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6282

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains a considerable amount of correspondence relating to Albert Oppenheimer's restitution and inheritance cases, as well as a number of personal, family, and vital records (mostly photocopies) and a large number of photographs.

Folder 1 contains a number of vital records such as birth and death certificates, as well as some of Oppenheimer's personal papers like educational records and identification cards, and a few family papers regarding inheritance. Also in this folder are several letters of recommendation for Oppenheimer written at the time of his emigration to the United States. The second folder contains legal correspondence and transcribed documents related to Oppenheimer's claims cases regarding his family inheritance and his pension. It is likely that several of the documents in the first folder, many of which are copies generated after the war, also played a role in the restitution claims. The remaining materials are of a personal nature and consist of letters and photographs. Notably, there is a handwritten condolence letter from Max M. Warburg. The photographs show Oppenheimer and friends on occasions such a birthdays and holiday parties and on trips throughout the United States. There are also several portrait photographs, and a few of the photographs date to Oppenheimer's pre-emigration life in Hamburg.

Dates

  • 1920-1978

Creator

Language of Materials

This collection is in German and English.

Access Restrictions

Open to researchers.

Access Information

Collection is digitized. 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

Albert Oppenheimer was born in Hamburg in 1892, where he worked as a lawyer from 1921-1938. In the years before and after his emigration to the United States (1941) he completed training as a manufacturing accountant.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet

Abstract

This collection contains a considerable amount of correspondence relating to Albert Oppenheimer's restitution and inheritance cases, as well as a number of personal, family, and vital records (mostly photocopies) and a large number of photographs.

Separated Material

The book Race relations and colonial rule in Papua New Guinea (Edward P. Wolfers; Sydney: Australia and New Zealand Book Company, 1975 ) has been removed to the LBI Library Collection.

Note

Several items in this collection are photocopies and legibility may not be optimal.

Title
Guide to the Albert B. Oppenheimer Collection, 1920-1978  AR 6282
Status
Completed
Author
Processed by Timothy Ryan Mendenhall
Date
© 2012
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Revision Statements

  • May 2012: Link to digital object for Box TB 11, Folder 1 added in Container List.
  • February 20, 2014 : Remaining links to digital objects added in Container List.

Repository Details

Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository

Contact:
15 West 16th Street
New York NY 10011 United States