Bernhard Boyneburg (Barber) Collection
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains handwritten and typed manuscripts of essays by Bernhard Boyneburg about Richard Wagner and various other topics. Also included is the copy of a letter from the International Tracing Service of the Red Cross about the fate of Bernhard Barber, his wife and his son.
Dates
- Creation: ca. 1919-1975
Creator
- Boyneburg, Bernhard (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, 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
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
Bernhard Barber was an author who published political and philosophical works under the name Boyneburg. He was born 1874 in Leipzig, but lived and worked in Vienna. In 1941, he, his wife Olga née Prager (b. 1897) and their son Eduard Fritz (b. 1905) were deported to the Ghetto in Lodz, where they perished. Barber’s daughter Sophie Mann survived the Holocaust.
Bernhard Boyneburg’s published works include ‚Die Despotie der Mittel, ihre Erkenntnis : die Grundlage rascher Voelkerversoehnung, Anzengruber, Wien 1919‘ and ‚Der Weg aus dem Chaos: Neues zum Satze von der Despotie der Mittel, Amalthea, Zürich etc., 1927‘.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Abstract
The collection contains handwritten and typed manuscripts of essays by Bernhard Boyneburg about Richard Wagner and various other topics. Also included is the copy of a letter from the International Tracing Service of the Red Cross about the fate of Bernhard Barber, his wife and his son.
Subject
- Barber, Bernhard, 1874 - (Person)
- Mann, Isak (Person)
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Bernhard Boyneburg (Barber) Collection, circa 1919-1975 AR 25110
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2014
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- March 2014:: Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
