Gertrude Schneider Collection
Scope and Content Note
The centerpiece of this collection is Gertrude Schneider's manuscript describing daily life in the ghetto of Riga, including sections on education, Zionist activity, cultural activity, resistance, and the liquidation of the ghetto. Supplementary research materials include lists of Jews deported from Vienna and transcriptions of the trials of Viktor Bernhard Arajs and Kurt Maywald.
The trial transcript for Maywald relates specifically to his participation in mass shootings of Jewish prisoners in the vicinity of Riga in 1941. Arajs was tried and convicted for much more extensive participation in the extermination of Jews in Riga.
In the final folders are photocopies of lists of Jews deported from Vienna to Łódz.
Dates
- 1941-1980
Creator
- Schneider, Gertrude (Person)
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
According to the wishes of author Gertrude Schneider, no photocopies are to be made of the manuscript in folder 1.
For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Extent
8 Folders
Abstract
The centerpiece of this collection is Gertrude Schneider's manuscript describing daily life in the ghetto of Riga, including sections on education, Zionist activity, cultural activity, resistance, and the liquidation of the ghetto. Supplementary research materials include lists of Jews deported from Vienna and transcriptions of the trials of Viktor Bernhard Arajs and Kurt Maywald.
Bibliography
Note
All materials in this collection are photocopies; legibility is accordingly not optimal.
- Arājs, Viktors, 1910-1988
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Jews -- Persecutions -- Latvia
- Jews -- Persecutions -- Poland -- Łódź
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Maywald, Gerhard, 1913-
- Rīga (Latvia)
- Schneider, Gertrude
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Deportations from Austria
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance
- Title
- Guide to the Gertrude Schneider Collection, 1941-1980 AR 3348
- 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
- April 04, 2013 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
