Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 241 - 270 of 410

Louis Gross Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 429
Scope and Contents

Scripts of Gross's radio talks, commentaries, and other appearances. Clippings. Sound recordings of Jewish folk, theater, and cantorial music. Correspondence pertaining to the radio programs. Correspondence relating to the visit of the Soviet Jewish writers Solomon Mikhoels and Itsik Feffer to the U.S. in 1943.

Dates: 1937 - 1958

Ludwig and Bella Liebmann Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11967
Abstract

This collection documents Ludwig Liebmann and Bella Liebmann née Katzauer and their family.

Dates: 1917-1993

Ludwig Levy Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10030
Abstract

This collection covers the history of the Levy family of Hamburg, Germany from 1837 through 1942. The bulk of the material relates to Ludwig Levy and his wife Ida née Winterberg, particularly the wealth that they lost during Nazi persecution and their unsuccessful efforts to emigrate. Materials include business, banking, investment, tax, and inheritance records as well as vital records, emigration papers, clippings, official notices to Jewish residents in Hamburg, limited correspondence, and a few photographs.

Dates: 1837-1942

Ludwig Marum Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4969
Abstract

The Ludwig Marum collection documents Ludwig Marum’s involvement with politics and Elisabeth Lunau’s genealogical research about the Marum family.

Dates: 1722-2004; Majority of material found within 1909-2004

Makower Young Men's Aid Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 1043
Scope and Contents

Correspondence. Photographs from Makow, 1915-1940s. Memorial book, 1969.

Dates: 1915 - 1969

Manfred H. Hecht Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25111
Abstract

Correspondence from Manfred H. Hecht's parents to him in New York; correspondence and documents concerning their emigration attempts.

Dates: 1940-2002; Majority of material found within 1940-1941

Mapping and Survey Office of The German Army High Command Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 379
Scope and Contents

Bound volumes of published maps, plans, and geographical information about localities in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, prepared by the German General Staff for military use during World War II. Includes country, city, highway and naval maps, lists of towns, statistical information on Jews and Jewish populations in various cities. Countries and regions include Great Britain, Greece, Iceland, Iraq, Italy, Libya, Luxembourg, Malta, Morocco, Near East, Netherlands, Northeast Africa, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Ukraine.

Dates: 1940 - 1943

Maps Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 109
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of printed and hand-drawn maps of countries, regions, cities, and towns around the world. The maps are grouped into two series, General and Holocaust. Both series are arranged alphabetically by geographical place name. The General series includes: political maps; topographic maps; city and street maps; maps showing Jewish populations of various countries. The collection focuses on Europe and Israel. Included are maps of Austria, Germany, England, Israel, Lithuania, Palestine, Poland, Russia. The Holocaust series includes: maps and plans of concentration camps, extermination centers; maps of ghettos; maps of deportation routes from various countries to concentration camp points; maps showing centers of resistance and underground activity; maps of Europe showing locations of concentration camps; maps of POW camps in Germany. Countries include Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Germany, Russia and Soviet Union. The greatest number of maps relate to Poland.

Dates: 20th century

Margaret Gabali Rosenfelt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25414
Abstract

This collection contains personal papers of Margaret Gabali Rosenfelt (1912-2005), including official documents as well as correspondence with family, German and French authorities, and her friend Rudolf Schneider, a Stuttgart architect. A diary and memoirs are also included.

Dates: 1912-1989, 2005, 2010

Margaret Strauss Berman Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25221
Abstract

This collection holds the papers of members of Margaret Strauss Berman's family in several towns in the Palatinate. It is primarily composed of personal documents, like photographs, biographical texts and a diary, and it contains also some newspaper clippings and a flyer.

Dates: 1898-2005

Margot Lesser Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11948
Abstract

This collection contains documents relating to Margot Lesser and her ancestors. These include vital documents, correspondence, and genealogical material.

Dates: 1889-1998

Marianne Breslauer Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10174
Abstract

The Marianne Breslauer collection documents the life and work of Marianne Breslauer (née Schaeffer), as well as of many members of the Schaeffer and Breslauer family, such as her husband Henry Breslauer, her father Hans Schaeffer, her mother Eva Schaeffer, and her father-in-law, Georg Breslauer. Although the bulk of the material reflects the abundant amount of personal correspondence among the family members, in particular among Marianne and Henry Breslauer to her parents, the collection also includes biographical information on a variety of family members in form of clippings, booklets, manuscripts, and photos.

Dates: 1705-1997; Majority of material found within 1920’s–1980’s

Marianne Salinger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10199
Abstract

The Marianne Salinger Collection comprises a broad variety of personal and professional documents pertaining to Marianne Salinger and her family. Spanning four generations, the material is clustered around individual stories of several family members and their relationships, each illustrated by different document types and genres, including personal and official letters, diaries, clippings, photographs and slides, various certificates, advertisements, restitution papers, as well as a couple of annotated books of various genres such as children's books, one cookbook, one autobiography and a language textbook. Some translations are included.

Dates: 1878-2005; Majority of material found within 1910-1970

Marianne Steinberg Ostrand Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25745
Abstract

The Marianne Steinberg Ostrand Collection documents the education, emigration, and early professional life of the physician Marianne Steinberg Ostrand as well as the lives of members of her family, especially her husband, engineer Arnold Ostrand, and her mother and siblings, with much documentation of the emigration or attempted emigration from Germany of her family members. About half the collection is correspondence. In addition it contains many educational certificates, official documents, diaries, notebooks, notes, and a friendship album, travel memorabilia, and newspaper clippings and articles.

Dates: 1926-1990

Marianne Steiner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10443
Abstract

This collection comprises documents of Marianne Steiner and her husband Paul Steiner. Material of the Esberg family, however, makes up the bulk of the collection, especially a large accumulation of family photographs. Furthermore, one can find material related to the Holocaust, i.e. a copy of the ‘Chronicle of the Esberg/ Meyerstein/ Pohly Families under the Holocaust’ and a series of original photographs taken in a concentration camp shortly after liberation.

Dates: 1896-1993; Majority of material found within 1917-1974

Marion E. Kenworthy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-511
Abstract

Marion E Kenworthy (1891-1980) was one of the founders of the Non-Sectarian Committee for German Refugee Children. Starting in 1938, they organized a lobbying effort to have the U.S. Congress allow for the migration of refugee children from Europe to the United States. This collection documents, through correspondence, depositions, meeting minutes, and more, the group’s activities. Of particular importance is the congressional testimony relating to the 1939 Wagner-Rogers bill.

Dates: undated, 1938-1952

Marta Nothmann and Paul Boldt collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 485
Abstract

One unpublished novel by Marta Nothmannm (1894-1978); and manuscripts of 13 published poems by Paul Boldt (1885-1921).

Dates: 1915-1934

Martin Bier Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10289
Abstract

Manuscripts and accompanying materials relating to the fate of Gustav Bier and his wife Ellen Bier-Feitler, who was of Jewish descent, under the Nazi regime. Accompanying materials include photocopied official records, photographs, etc.

Dates: 1994-1996

Martin Freilich Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25029 / MF 899
Abstract

A short caption of M. Freilich’s life until the end of World War II. Personal documents (travel pass, id card), photos, newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1939-1946

Marvin Lowenthal, papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-140
Abstract

This collection contains Marvin Lowenthal's correspondence, journals, diaries, documents, photographs, memorabilia, and printed materials relating to his life, writings, Zionist activities, and relief work on behalf of German Jewry. Includes material on his youth, school work, and college years, as well as autobiographical writings and family correspondence containing information on Horace Kallen and early 20th century Zionist activities. Of particular note is his later correspondence with Jacob Billikopf, Jerome Frank, Horace M. Kallen, Elmer Rice, Eugene C. Taylor, and Stephen S. Wise.

Dates: undated, 1871-1959

Marx Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25407
Abstract

This collection documents the lives of the Marx family, who lived at the beginning of the twentieth century in Ludwigshafen am Rhein (Rheinland-Pfalz), Germany. There Sigmund Marx built up a flour wholesale business with his brother Willy Marx. Sigmund Marx was married to Mathilde Marx, who gave birth to Ernest and Paul Marx. The collection contains the correspondence of the Marx family, financial papers of the Sigmund Marx business and a huge amount of clippings regarding German-Jewish life during the Nazi period.

Dates: 1847-1999; Majority of material found within 1937-1945

Max Kreutzberger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7183
Abstract

This collection contains research material and information on the life of Max Kreutzberger, a former Director of the Leo Baeck Institute (LBI) in New York. A large portion of this collection consists of copies of documents from archives in Europe, Israel, and the United States. There is also information on the Leo Baeck Institute in general, LBI events, and LBI publications. In addition, the collection holds Max Kreutzberger's correspondence, writings, and some personal papers.

Dates: 1848-2001

Max Markreich Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7048
Abstract

The Max Markreich collection documents the life of Max Markreich and his family, especially their emigration from Bremen, Germany. The collection also centers on the history of the Jewish communities of Bremen and East Frisia (Ostfriesland). Included among the papers are manuscripts, correspondence, vital and government documents, clippings, and notes.

Dates: 1749-1999

Max Michelson Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25195
Abstract

The Max Michelson Family Collection documents the life of a Latvian Jewish family living in Riga. The main subjects of the collection are correspondence between family members, who moved abroad and those who stayed in Riga and some family pictures. The collection consists of letters, genealogical information and photographs. Languages: The collection is in German, Russian and English.

Dates: 1914-1942, 2004-2005

Max Plaut Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7094
Abstract

This collection documents the work of the lawyer and head of the greater Jewish Community in Hamburg, Max Plaut, in his role as a family researcher in Israel between the years 1944 to 1950. It contains to a large extent the correspondence between Plaut and German Jews from Hamburg who were looking for family and friends who had gone missing during the Holocaust. The collection material covers list of Jews held in Theresienstadt, Lodz, Auschwitz and elsewhere. Also included is a small written documentation of the Plaut family as well as some files on restitution claims in the city of Hamburg.

Dates: 1944-after 1973; Majority of material found within 1944-1950

[Memoiren]

 Collection
Identifier: ME 93
Abstract

Vilma Cohn-Leven was one of 1,200 Jewish inmates of the concentration camp in Theresienstadt, who were liberated and put on a transport to Switzerland in February of 1945.

Dates: 1945

[Memoirs of Baronne Hildegard von Gumppenberg] ;

 Collection
Identifier: DM 327
Abstract

Two original German manuscripts and their English translations, describing the author’s escape from Nazi Germany (written in 1942) and her subsequent life underground (written in the 1960s).

Dates: 1942-2019

Mercedes M. Randall Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 612
Scope and Contents

The collection relates to the preparation of the pamphlet "The Voice of Thy Brother's Blood". Included are: a printed copy of the pamphlet; a report; copies of letters sent to various individuals including people active in Jewish relief organizations, radio commentators, clergymen, and well-known Americans; a press release, 1944.

Dates: 1944

Michael Glaser Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 771
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of mimeographed and typed memoranda as well as correspondence relating to Glaser's ideas about solving the Jewish problem in Poland. The memoranda are titled: 'The Jewish Problem and British Policy,' 'The Jewish Problem in the United States,' 'Remarks on the Necessity for a Change in Jewish Tactics,' 'Project for Financing of Jewish Emigration from Poland.'

Dates: 1937-1940s

Michelsohn Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10392
Abstract

The collection holds various documents pertaining to the Michelsohn family, originally from the town of Hausberge (Minden, Westphalia). These include vital records, a genealogical table, as well as clippings and publications.

Dates: 1919-1991

Filtered By

  • Subject: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Repository
Leo Baeck Institute 282
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 95
American Jewish Historical Society 32
American Sephardi Federation 1
 
Subject
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 294
Correspondence 251
Photographs 157
Clippings (information artifacts) 144
Manuscripts (documents) 105