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Gertrude Schneider Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3348

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

  • Creation: 1941-1980

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

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

The manuscript was published as Journey into terror. The story of the Riga ghetto . A copy is available in the LBI Library, call number D 810 J4 S326.

Note

All materials in this collection are photocopies; legibility is accordingly not optimal.

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

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