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Adolf Wolfermann Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1957
Abstract

This collection mostly consists of personal correspondence, including communications from relatives and friends interned in concentration camps in France, Lublin, and Theresienstadt, and letters regarding the establishment of an agrarian training camp for Jews in Italy.

Dates: 1934-1962; Majority of material found in 1934-1946

Adolph and Albert Frank Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25460
Abstract

This collection holds papers and correspondence pertaining to the famous chemists Adolph and Albert Frank as well as correspondence of their great-nephew Robert Frank. The most prominent topic of the collection is technical chemistry. The papers in this collection include mainly secondary material with only few originals.

Dates: 1872-1995; Majority of material found within 1900-1960s

Adolphe J. Warner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6716
Abstract

This collection contains material by financial executive Adolphe Warner about German banking in the 1930s, as well as material about his family, particularly his father Moritz Werner.

Dates: 1838-1995

Ahlfeld-Zeitlin Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4733
Abstract

Three volumes of Fritz Zeitlin's correspondence sent from the front, and a short notebook containing genealogical information on the Ahlfeld-Zeitlin families.

Dates: 1844-1916

Akiva Ernst Simon Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 768
Abstract

The collection contains various documents pertaining to Akiva Ernst Simon.

Dates: 1923-1986

Alaska Project Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11865
Abstract

This collection contains documents pertaining to a project, spearheaded by the Conference on Jewish Relations in the United States, to establish a large colony of Jewish refugees in Alaska. Included are: German and American newspaper clippings (1938-1939) with announcements of new restrictive laws regarding the assets of Jews; followed by reports, meeting minutes and correspondence regarding the possibility of Alaska as a potential site for large scale resettlement of refugees.

Dates: 1937-1939

Albert B. Oppenheimer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6282
Abstract

This collection contains a considerable amount of correspondence relating to Albert Oppenheimer's restitution and inheritance cases, as well as a number of personal, family, and vital records (mostly photocopies) and a large number of photographs.

Dates: 1920-1978

Albert Bamberger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25405
Abstract

This collection primarily consists of letters written to Albert Bamberger from his parents and brother between 1938 and 1941. His mother was able to acquire an affidavit of support for one family member to immigrate to the United States from Germany, in 1938; Albert was chosen and settled in Baltimore. The letters mostly concern the (ultimately failed) emigration attempts of Bamberger's parents and brother. The collection also contains other correspondence as well as materials reflecting Bamberger's efforts to secure his family's immigration into the United States.

Dates: 1938-1947; Majority of material found within 1938-1941

Albert Dann Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 98
Abstract

This collection contains a wide variety of materials concerning Albert Dann, his ancestors, and children. Included are genealogical materials, correspondence, biographical information, and official, business, and restitution documents.

Dates: 1819-1978

Albert Einstein Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 136 / MF 549
Abstract

This collection contains letters and notes by Albert Einstein, as well as photographs, clippings, items commemorating Einstein, the Einstein family tree, and autographs. The collection also includes a guest book from 1929 from Einstein's house in Caputh with entries made by guests who visited the house.

Dates: 1700s-1998; Majority of material found within 1879-1998

Albert F. Hirsch Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1187
Abstract

This collection contains documents related to Albert Friedrich Hirsch, his family and the Philanthropin School in Frankfurt am Main, at which Hirsch was headmaster. Prominent topics are emigration and the school's fate under the Nazi regime as well as the attempts of its former pupils and faculty to stay in touch after 1945. The papers in this collection include some original material from the late 19th century through World War I and the "Third Reich" as well as several typescripts from the 1950s and 1960s that are related to a memorial book, which was eventually published in 1964.

Dates: 1880-1991; Majority of material found within 1930s-1960s

Albert G. Hess Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25706
Abstract

The collection contains materials relating to the life of Albert G. Hess and his family. These include official documents, correspondence, transcript of records of university, newspaper clippings, a publication, and photographs. The collection documents his life in Germany prior to World War II and in the United States after his immigration.

Dates: 1918-1989; Majority of material found within 1939-1975

Albert Jacobson Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3794
Abstract

This collection contains Jacobson family documents from 19th and early 20th century Hamburg, as well as a substantial amount of materials pertaining to Albert Jacobson's attempts to secure an exit visa for his mother Adele Jacobson.

Dates: 1847-1971

Albert Ladenburg Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25373
Abstract

This collection contains materials relating to the Ladenburg family of Mannheim, primarily chemist Albert Ladenburg. It includes clippings and articles, diaries, personal ephemera, and a collection of bills and Notgeld from the Weimar-era hyperinflation.

Dates: 1834-1972

Albert Phiebig Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 352
Abstract

This collection contains materials collected and created by Albert Phiebig in the course of his genealogical work. It primarily documents the history of the Phiebig family and related families, but also contains original materials from his ancestors and genealogical tables of other German-Jewish families, as well as other genealogical material and a few personal materials.

Dates: 1600s-2002

Albert Salomon Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3111 / MF 850
Abstract

Correspondence of Albert Salomon, manuscripts, course outlines, photos

Dates: 1926-1959

Albert Salomon Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25522
Abstract

The Albert Salomon Family Collection holds papers of several members of the Salomon family, especially sociologist Albert Salomon, his wife Anna Salomon, his aunt social reformer Alice Salomon, and his daughter Hannah Salomon Janovsky. Much of the collection consists of family photographs. Other prominent materials include correspondence of Hannah Janovsky on the preservation and publication of her family members' writings and articles on the life of Albert Salomon. A small amount of family papers and genealogical information is also present.

Dates: 1765-2008; Majority of material found within 1972-1983

Alex Bernstein Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4187 / MF 459
Abstract

This collection contains materials written and/or collected by Alex Bernstein. Most is focused on the Jewish communities in Westphalia and in particular the town of Hoexter. Genealogical information is featured throughout, including a history of the Eichengruen family.

Dates: undated, 1923-1937

Alexander Altmann Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 796
Abstract

The bulk of this collection consists of materials docmenting the research of Alexander Altmann on German and German-Jewish history, particularly the philosophy of Moses Mendelssohn.

Dates: 1935-1981

Alexander and Marianne Selinger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25016
Abstract

This collection documents the business of Café Éclair and the lives of the Winter family. The collection contains reviews of the café, and a guestbook with signatures of Austrian and American intellectuals and artists. The collection also includes the Winter family's documents from Austria (work and academic records) as well as clippings from their arrival and residence in the United States.

Dates: 1899-2000; Majority of material found in 1920s-1930s, 1970s-2000

Alexander Fleischer Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3641
Abstract

The collection contains documents pertaining to the textile company “A. Fleischer KG” in Reichenbach im Eulengebirge in Silesia (today Dzierżoniów, Poland) and about the Fleischer family.

Dates: 1889-1970

Alexander Mayer letters

 Collection — Box: CB-P3, Folder: P-117
Identifier: P-117
Abstract

Contains 27 letters, of which 16 are in German, written by Alexander Mayer from Panama, San Francisco, Sonora, Mexico, and Columbia, to his uncle Lazarus Mayer, and Edwin Bomeisler (1850-52). The collection deals largely with Mayer's efforts to establish a small clothing business in San Francisco. The letters were edited by Albert M. Friedenberg and printed in the Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society, vol. 31, pp. 135-71.

Dates: 1850-1852

Alexander Turney Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25475
Abstract

This collection documents the personal experience of Alexander Turney with a particular emphasis on his childhood in Berlin, his emigration to the United States, and his activities as a tango dancer later in life. Materials include photographs, correspondence, clippings, programs, limited materials on family history, and an oral history interview transcript.

Dates: 1920-2011

Alfred and Elisabeth Mayer Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25527
Abstract

The Alfred and Elisabeth Mayer Family largely centers on the emigration from Germany of the extended members of this family as well as documentation of Alfred and Elisabeth Mayer and information on the family's genealogy and individual experiences. The collection includes a large quantity of family correspondence; family trees; articles; official, military, and educational documents; some financial and legal documentation and correspondence; and photographs.

Dates: 1896-2012; Majority of material found within 1937-1946

Alfred Büchler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4817
Abstract

This collection contains a number of Alfred Büchler's school papers from educational institutions in Vienna and Shanghai, as well as his German passport and a travel calendar from his emigration out of Austria.

Dates: 1934-1947, 1985, 1995-1996

Alfred Cohn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4085
Abstract

This collection contains legal documents, correspondence, certificates, and photographs of Dr. Alfred Cohn, 1890-1965.

Dates: 1899-1965

Alfred Grünspecht Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11016 / MF 962
Abstract

The Alfred Grünspecht Family Collection illustrates Alfred Grünspecht’s interest in documenting the horrors of World War II by way of translating the works of other authors as well as his interest in the genealogy of his own family. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, vital documents, and printed materials.

Dates: 1748-2003

Alfred Jacobsberg Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6462
Abstract

The Alfred Jacobsberg collection consists of correspondence between Alfred Jacobsberg and various members of the Jacobsberg family during Alfred Jacobsberg's military service in the German army in World War I. Additionally, there is a small amount of business correspondence and documents dealing with Alfred Jacobsberg’s import business, and some World War I clippings.

Dates: 1908-1935

Alfred Karger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25330
Abstract

This collection holds materials relating to the life and work of Alfred Karger, a German lawyer who immigrated to Ecuador in 1941. In addition to biographical materials this collection also contains some of Alfred Karger's writings, mainly published articles, and correspondence with different individuals and organizations, related to various topics between 1945 and 1968.

Dates: 1932-2003; Majority of material found within 1932-1968

Alfred Lichtenstein Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25284
Abstract

This collection documents the life and work of the flute player Alfred Lichtenstein. Contained in this collection are papers relating to his professional life, including recordings, programs, photographs, flyers, and clippings concerning his public performances, and also an extensive amount of music scores used by him. His personal life is reflected in personal correspondence, including letters exchanged with other family members and photographs as well as identification and immigration papers. Some papers of his family members, including his wives, daughter, and father, will also be found here as well as restitution correspondence.

Dates: 1874-2004; Majority of material found within 1940-1975

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