Herbert Seeliger Collection
Scope and Content Note
Personal papers, including manuscripts and clippings on the communal affairs and history of the Jewish community of Berlin; reports about the activities of the community, including the conduct of religious services, 1937-1941, and on the situation of Jews in Berlin, October 1945.
Photos of synagogues and other communal buildings in Berlin, and of leaders of the Jewish community.
Also mentioned are Blumenthal, Louis; Salomonski, Martin, 1881-1944; Stahl, Heinrich, 1868-1942; and Jüdischer Kulturbund.
Dates
- 1936-1959
Creator
- Seeliger, Herbert, 1903-1964 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German.
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: http://www.lbi.org/ask
Biographical Note
Born in Neumark, West Prussia (now Poland), on March 15, 1903, Herbert Seeliger was a lawyer, administrator, and general secretary of the Jewish Community of Berlin, 1936-1940. He emigrated to the United States via Shanghai in 1940, and died in New York City on July 4, 1964.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
The Herbert Seeliger collection contains manuscripts, correspondence, photographs and clippings pertaining to Berlin’s Jewish community life. A large part documents Seeliger’s work on an extensive history of the Jews in Berlin.
Microfilm
Collection is available on 1 reel of microfilm (MF 565).
- Archival materials
- Berlin (Germany)
- Civil service
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Germany -- Jewish communal and cultural life. -- 1933-1945.
- Hecht, Paul
- Jewish leadership
- Jews -- Germany -- Berlin -- History
- Jüdische Gemeinde zu Berlin
- Jüdische Gemeinde zu Berlin. Aufbringungswerk
- Lawyers
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Photographs
- Seeliger, Herbert, 1903-1964
- Synagogues
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- Title
- Guide to the Herbert Seeliger Collection, 1936-1959 AR 3957 / MF 565
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- © 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The inventory is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
