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A Voice still heard
Collection
Identifier: AR 25668
Abstract
The collections contains two variously annotated typescripts of Eric Werner’s book ‘A voice still heard : the sacred songs of the Ashkenazic Jews’, New York, G. Schirmer, 1978. Also included are various related materials as well as the correspondence between Eric Werner and Fred Grubel at the Leo Baeck Institute.
Dates:
1974
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Aaron-Aarons-Marcus-Philipp Families Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 5790 / MF 868
Abstract
Genealogical information and family trees on various families
Dates:
1680-2000
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Abraham Geiger Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 29
Abstract
The collection contains original autographs as well as photocopied correspondence by Rabbi Abraham Geiger. Also included are a family tree of the Geiger family and a photograph.
Dates:
1839-1903
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Achtentuch Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 10514 / MF 502
Abstract
The collection holds original documents pertaining to the personal, academic and professional life of Dr. Hermann Achtentuch. Also included are documents pertaining to his wife Paula née Kohn, and to their son, Herbert Achtentuch.
Dates:
1887-1997
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Albert Aaron Feldmann Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 11037
Abstract
Questionnaire I + II of the Austrian Heritage Collection at the Leo Baeck Institute; photocopies of various materials, such as education records, emigration papers, and photographs pertaining to Albert Aaron Feldmann.
Dates:
1920-1999
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Albert Salomon Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 3111 / MF 850
Abstract
Correspondence of Albert Salomon, manuscripts, course outlines, photos
Dates:
1926-1959
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
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
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
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
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Alfred Marcus Collection
Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 129
Abstract
The file contains various documents pertaining to research conducted by Alfred Marcus.
Dates:
1922; 1960 - 1971
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Alfred Neumeyer Collection
Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 41
Scope and Contents
The first folder contains photocopies of letters written to Alfred Neumeyer regarding his paper "Bemerkungen zu einer Abaenderung des Edikts vom 10. Juni 1813, die Verhaeltnisse der juedischen Glaubensgenossen im Koenigreiche Bayern betreffend" (Regierungsblatt 1813, Stueck 39, Seite 921). Referat erstattet im Auftrag der größeren und mittleren Israelitischen Kultusgemeinden Bayerns," Augsburg 1914. 33 pp.) (Cf. http://opac.cjh.org:8991/F?func=direct-doc-set&doc_number=000195490 &format=999)
Attached is the carbon copy of a letter from the Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem (Max Nathan) to Alfred Neumeyer's son, Alexander Neumeyer from Shavei Zion (1966), who gave copies to the institute, but kept the originalThe second folder contains Alfred Neumeyer's memoirs titled "Erinnerungen". They were written in the Jewish agricultural settlement Avigdor (Argentina) between 1941 and 1944 (typescript, 268+2 pp.) after his emigration from Germany and cover the years 1867 to 1944.
Alfred Neumeyer describes: his childhood in Munich; primary and secondary education; military service; university studies in Berlin and Munich; marriage and domestic life; work as a judge in Munich; Jewish communal activities; establishment of "Verband Bayerischer Israelitischer Gemeinden"; fight against prohibition of ritual slaughter in Bavaria; activities for "Centralverein" and "Reichsvertretung"; forced retirement as judge in 1933; changes in Jewish communal work after 1933; emigration and life in Argentina. (Cf. http://opac.cjh.org:8991/F?func=direct-doc-set&doc_number=000200946 &format=999)
Attached is the carbon copy of a letter from the Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem (Max Nathan) to Alfred Neumeyer's son, Alexander Neumeyer from Shavei Zion (1966), who gave copies to the institute, but kept the originalThe second folder contains Alfred Neumeyer's memoirs titled "Erinnerungen". They were written in the Jewish agricultural settlement Avigdor (Argentina) between 1941 and 1944 (typescript, 268+2 pp.) after his emigration from Germany and cover the years 1867 to 1944.
Alfred Neumeyer describes: his childhood in Munich; primary and secondary education; military service; university studies in Berlin and Munich; marriage and domestic life; work as a judge in Munich; Jewish communal activities; establishment of "Verband Bayerischer Israelitischer Gemeinden"; fight against prohibition of ritual slaughter in Bavaria; activities for "Centralverein" and "Reichsvertretung"; forced retirement as judge in 1933; changes in Jewish communal work after 1933; emigration and life in Argentina. (Cf. http://opac.cjh.org:8991/F?func=direct-doc-set&doc_number=000200946 &format=999)
Dates:
1914; 1944; 1966; 1944; 1966
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Alfred Philipp Collection
Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 290
Abstract
Various documents pertaining to Alfred Philipp’s work as a community rabbi and a scholar, primarily his doctoral thesis about Werner Sombart’s work ´Die Juden und das Wirtschaftsleben´ (“Jews and the economy”).
Dates:
1924-1942
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Alfred Philippson Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 3245 / MF 461
Abstract
The collection contains numerous personal papers, manuscripts and correspondence with explorers and geographers. The personal papers follow Philippson’s career as professor in Bonn and in Halle.
Dates:
1872-1953
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Alfred Rieser Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 4871
Abstract
The collection holds Alfred Rieser’s family tree and his correspondence, documenting his genealogical research. Also included are photocopies of older official documents, illustrating the family tree.
Dates:
1979-1981
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Alfred Schirokauer Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 7107 / MF 810
Abstract
The bulk of the collection consists of Alfred Schirokauer writings in form of manuscripts novels and shorter works, and newspaper serializations. There is also a small amount of correspondence with publishers, as well as a few personal items.
Dates:
1889-1932
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Alice Salomon Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 3875 / MF 1044
Abstract
Professional and vital certificates, diplomas, honors, awards, and essays on feminism and social work.
Dates:
1877-1961
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Anna Herzfeld Woog Family Collection.
Collection
Identifier: AR 10847 / MF 604
Abstract
The collection contains original and photocopied documents about the Meinungen, Herzfeld and associated families as well as marriage contracts and divorce papers for Anna and Julius Woog.
Dates:
1794-1952
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Anna Margarete Lessel Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25226 / MF 916
Abstract
Collection of clippings, flyers and other materials related to the Saarland: It also contains correspondence with the ‘Saar-Verein’ / ‘Verein der Saarlaender’ in both Germany and New York, concerning the occupation of the area by Britain and France after World War I, and the return of the area officially to Germany in 1935.
Dates:
1920-1936
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Anny Bernstein Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 10411
Abstract
The collection holds Anny Bernstein’s correspondence, which she received from her family in Vienna, Austria and other places, while living in New York. Also included is an offprint with an article about Ann’s husband Frank Zwillinger (1909-1989).
Dates:
1916-1996; Majority of material found in 1939-1941
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Anselm Marum and Sara Marcus Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 6318
Abstract
43 original, handwritten letters in Judeo-German, written by Anselm Marum mostly in Sobernheim to Sara Marcus in Kreuznach and in Hüffelsheim during their long courtship, 1829 to 1842.
Dates:
1828-1842
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Antoinette Kahler Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 3095
Abstract
Works by and about the writer Antoinette von Kahler.
Dates:
1896-1988
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Arnhold family collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 2920
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of clippings and other published materials, amassed to illustrate the family trees of the Arnholds and related families, thus providing a picture of their activities as bankers, collectors, and public benefactors. Emphasis is given to the bank’s retirement plan, ’Gebrüder Arnholdscher Pensionsverein’ and to the art collector Eduard Arnhold and his foundation, Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo. Of special interest is a handwritten account about Kurt Arnhold’s escape from Germany to Holland in circa 1938.
Dates:
1830-1987; Majority of material found in 1920s-1930s
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Arno Nadel and Eduard Saenger collection
Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 172
Abstract
Poems and letters by Arno Nadel and Eduard Saenger.
Dates:
undated, 1901-1937
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Arno Nadel Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 4314 / MF 947
Abstract
Manuscripts and clippings of poetry, and of music and literary criticism; photos of artwork by Nadel; a transcript of Nadel's diaries from 1941-1942; publications about Nadel; inventory of the papers of Nadel which are held by the Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem; and various unrelated material. Photocopies of manuscripts "Der weissagende Dionysos," vol. 1: "Mythen," 199 pages; vol. 2: "Goetter," 205 pages; "Die Mysterien. Der Gang des Eingeweihten," 171 pages. Transcript of speech by Arno Nadel attempting to present the traits of "Jewish music". Musical score; lecture by Nadel on Jewish Music (in shorthand). : Correspondence 1940-1942.
Dates:
1911-1973
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Arnold and Werner A. Stein Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25821
Abstract
This collection contains the personal papers of Arnold Stein (1890-1974) and Werner A. Stein (1925-2017), a Jewish German-born father and son who fled Berlin, Germany in 1939 with their immediate family, Arnold’s wife Gertrude and daughter Marianne. The family settled in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York, where
Arnold opened a printing business.
The collection includes correspondence and documentation of Arnold’s printing business in Berlin; his World War I German army service; his marriage with Gertrude Rosenthal; and the family’s emigration from Germany. Also documented are Werner’s schooling; United States army service; longtime involvement with the German-Jewish newspaper Aufbau; marriage to Helga Marcus and their lives in Great Neck, New York with their two daughters, Susan and Barbara. The collection also includes documentation on Stein, Rosenthal and Marcus genealogy and family history.
The collection includes correspondence and documentation of Arnold’s printing business in Berlin; his World War I German army service; his marriage with Gertrude Rosenthal; and the family’s emigration from Germany. Also documented are Werner’s schooling; United States army service; longtime involvement with the German-Jewish newspaper Aufbau; marriage to Helga Marcus and their lives in Great Neck, New York with their two daughters, Susan and Barbara. The collection also includes documentation on Stein, Rosenthal and Marcus genealogy and family history.
Dates:
undated, 1892-2008; Majority of material found within 1938-1974
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Arons Family, Berlin Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 5610
Abstract
Various archival materials pertaining mainly to the banking firm Gebrüder Arons as well as to Paul Arons, his wife Gertrud née Bleichröder, and to his father Albert Arons. Also mentioned are members of the related Arons, Bleichröder, Goldschmidt and Salomon families.
Dates:
1805-1936
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Arthur Liebert Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 4313 / MF 863
Abstract
Manuscripts; photo; plaque; obituary
Dates:
undated, 1927-1928, 1946
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Arthur Lilienthal Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 2871
Abstract
The collection contains Lilienthal’s 1924 doctoral diploma from the University of Heidelberg. Also included is a photograph of Lilienthal’s portrait at about age 40 by the artist Colin.
Dates:
1924-1939
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Arthur Willner Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 10706 / MF 911
Abstract
Original music manuscripts; scores, and personal letters and journals of Arthur Willner.
Dates:
1849-1960
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Autographs collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 3588
Abstract
The collection contains a wide assortment of correspondence and photographs from actors, authors, musicians and others.
Dates:
1861-1940
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Axelrad Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25003 / MF 872
Abstract
The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence and photos. The voluminous correspondence saved by the Axelrads mostly deals with professional elaborations between former colleagues and friends, who had scattered to the farthest corners of the globe to escape the Hitler regime and so we have letters (to or from) Australia, South-America, Palestine, and of course the United States. In some instances we gain a faithly accurate picture of the living conditions in the countries of exile. Remarkably well drawn are the descriptions of Marseille, Cuba (both by Alice Laqueur), of Palestine, and most noteworthy, the odyssee of Leontine Axelrad.
Dates:
1903-1997
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
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