Arno Kornhauser Collection
Scope and Content Note
The Arno Kornhauser Collection consists of documents pertaining to the Kornhäuser and Klein families in Kraków and Berlin. Folder one includes legal documents, correspondence and other materials, mostly related to the business endeavors of the Klein and Kornhäuser families in the clothing and fabric industries. Many of the documents are photocopies. Also included are the identification cards of Gerhard and Arno Kornhäuser in various Jewish organizations, as well as wedding invitations.
Folder two includes photographs and postcards of the Klein and Kornhäuser families in Kraków and Berlin, mostly consisting of photocopies. Folder three includes school records from Kraków and Berlin, including records from Jewish schools. Most of these documents are report cards for Arno Kornhäuser; also included are the school notebooks of Kornhäuser and of Rozalia Beckmann, who married into the Klein family.
Folder four includes documents related to the Zionist movement in Berlin in the 1930s, including a membership card for Gerhard Kornhäuser in the Berliner Zionistische Vereinigung and pamphlets on the Youth Aliyah Movement. Also included are documents pertaining to the Jewish sports association Bar Kochba-Hakoah, including a poster for the 1935 Makkabi Tennis Meisterschaften. Also included in the collection is a poster from Max Reinhardt's 1912 production of Oedipus Rex.
Dates
- 1861-1943
- Majority of material found within 1912-1943
Creator
- Kornhäuser, Arno, 1918- (Person)
Language of Materials
The collection is in German with some Polish.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Readers may access the collection by visiting the Lillian Goldman Reading Room at the Center for Jewish History. We recommend reserving the collection in advance; please visit the LBI Online Catalog and click on the "Reserve" button.
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 Klein and Kornhäuser families were related through marriage and were largely centered in Kraków and later in Germany. They worked in the clothing, fabric and shoe industries. Gerhard Kornhäuser was born in Poland in 1913 and emigrated from Kraków to Berlin. He was active in the Zionist movement and was a member of the Jüdischer Kulturbund; he died in 1992 in the United Kingdom. Arno Kornhäuser was born in 1918 and was educated in Berlin; he immigrated to New York and later moved to Florida.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
The Arno Kornhauser Collection includes documents pertaining to the Kornhäuser and Klein families in Kraków and Berlin, including their business dealings and role in the Jewish community.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in one series.
Digitization Note
The collection was digitized and made accessible in its entirety.
Separated Material
Emily J. Harding's Zloty wiek dzieciecy; Julia Darowska's Listy krakowianki jako nagroda dla pilnych panienek; Juliusz Starkel's W szarej godzinie; and Manfred Georg's Räubergeschichten were removed from folder three to the LBI Library during processing.
- Berlin (Germany)
- Berliner Zionistische Vereinigung
- Identity cards
- Jewish families
- Jews -- Germany -- Berlin -- History
- Jews -- Poland -- History
- Jüdischer Turnverein "Bar Kochba" Berlin
- Klein family
- Kornhäuser family
- Kornhäuser, Arno, 1918-
- Kornhäuser, Gerhard, 1913-1992
- Kraków (Poland)
- Legal documents
- Photocopies
- Photographs
- Posters
- Reichsverband der Jüdischen Kulturbünde in Deutschland
- School records
- Title
- Guide to the Arno Kornhauser Collection 1861-1943 AR 25265
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Matthew Johnson
- Date
- © 2013
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Sponsor
- Digitization made possible by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany.
- Edition statement
- This version was derived from ArnoKornhauser.xml
Revision Statements
- July 2015: dao links and digitization information added by Leanora Lange.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
