Beiner Family Collection
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains documents of Ernst Beiner and his family, including documents pertaining to his studies and work in pharmacy and dentistry, family photographs, and a file of material regarding his restitution claim against Germany after World War II. Also included are documents of the family of Biener's wife Fanny Beiner née Karpf.
Folder 1 contains documents pertaining to Ernst Beiner's career as a dentist, including his license to practice as a dentist and related correspondence (1935); and correspondence pertaining to the revocation of his license on racial grounds (1937-1938). Also included is a German citizenship certificate.
Folder 2 contains certificates and letters of recommendation for Ernst Beiner's work as a pharmacy intern; and correspondence and certificate pertaining to his completion of the pharmacy preliminary and admittance to pharmacy studies. Also included are two drivers licenses for Ernst Beimer.
Folder 3 contains photographs of Ernst Beiner's family, including photographs of Ernst Beiner and a large number of photographs of his mother Margarete Beiner née Roth.
Folder 4 contains two bulletins from congregation Adass Jisroel in Berlin, Germany.
Folder 5 contains documentation pertaining to the restitution claim of Ernst Beiner and his sister Lotte Frohwirth née Beiner against Germany for property lost when their mother was deported to Auschwitz in 1943. Included are official forms and correspondence, as well as photographs.
Folder 6 contains documents pertaining to the family of Ernst Beiner's wife Fanny Beiner née Karpf. Included are mortage deeds, property lists, emigration papers, naturalization papers, and death certificates.
The oversize folder contains Ernst Beiner's doctoral diploma from the University of Cologne.
Dates
- 1908-1999
Creator
- Beiner family (Family)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, English, Hebrew, Polish and Latin.
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
Extent
7 Folders
Abstract
The collection contains documents of Ernst Beiner and his family, including documents pertaining to his studies and work in pharmacy and dentistry, family photographs, and a file of material regarding his restitution claim against Germany after World War II. Also included are documents of the family of Biener's wife Fanny Beiner née Karpf.
Separated Material
Die Elixiere des Teufels has been removed to the LBI Library
Faust: der Tragödie erster Teil has been removed to the LBI Library
Buch der Lieder has been removed to the LBI Library
Ein Sommernachtstraum has been removed to the LBI Library
Deutsch-Hebräisches Taschenwörterbuch has been removed to the LBI Library
Yarmulke, seal, and watch chain with engraved inscriptions have been removed to the LBI Art & Objects Collection
- Adass Jisroel (Berlin, Germany)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- Beiner family
- Beiner, Ernst, 1908-
- Beiner, Eva, 1926-
- Beiner, Fanny, 1916-1999
- Beiner, Heiman, -1912
- Beiner, Lea, 1920-
- Beiner, Margarete
- Beiner, Rahel, 1922-
- Berlin (Germany)
- Bytom (Poland)
- Chorzów (Województwo Śląskie, Poland)
- Correspondence
- Frohwirth, Lotte, 1911-1975
- Germany -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 1933-1945
- Jewish dentists
- Jews -- Germany -- Berlin -- History
- Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany
- Jews -- Poland -- History -- 20th century
- Jews, German -- United States -- Biography
- Karpf, Gisela, 1885-1959
- Karpf, Lazar, 1886-1948
- Karpf, Moritz, 1914-1935
- New York (N.Y.)
- Opole (Poland)
- Photographs
- Restitution -- Germany
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century
- Universität zu Köln
- Wrocław (Poland)
- Title
- Guide to the Beiner Family Collection, 1908-1999 AR 11129
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Sarah Glover
- Date
- © 2013
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- July 08, 2014 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository