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Abraham Klausner Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-879
Abstract
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Abraham Klausner, including articles written by and about him, research materials for his articles and his memoir, correspondence, and Klausner’s personal and military records. These materials reflect his active involvement with Displaced Persons and the DP Camps in Postwar Germany as well as his sometimes complicated relationships with the Joint Distribution Committee and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). The collection also contains issues of Fun Letstn Hurbn (From the Last Extermination).
Dates:
1942-2002
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
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
Addenda to the John (Hans) and Trude Schiff Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25730
Abstract
The John D. Schiff Collection contains both photographic prints and negatives of John D. and Trude Schiff’s photography careers. The subjects are predominantly portraits of artists and their works. Highlights include portraits of Ludwig Bemelmans and his Madeline illustrations, as well as photographic prints of Marcel Duchamp's Twine installation. and many other photographs of works of art.
Dates:
1940s through 2000
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Adler Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 228
Abstract
The Adler Family Collection contains papers of various members of the Adler family. Most of the collection consists of correspondence, but there are also folders with family papers such as wedding memorabilia, vaccination certificates, visiting cards, telegrams, a notebook, a family tree for one branch of the family and a clipping on Selig Adler.
Dates:
1863-1980; Majority of material found within 1889-1911
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Adler Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25684
Abstract
The Adler Family Collection holds materials regarding the lives of Thekla (née Grünebaum) and Leopold Adler and their children Bennie, Rose, Irma, and Berthold. The papers document their lives in Hintersteinau, Germany, the deaths of Leopold and Irma Adler, and the emigration of the remaining family members to New York. Included in the collection is a large amount of their correspondence, in addition to various family papers, including official documents, school records, immigration documentation, documentation relating to the careers of family members, and genealogical and historical research. The collection also contains family photographs and a photo album.
Dates:
1884-2013; Majority of material found in 1920-1938
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Adolf and Frieda Heilberg Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 1054
Abstract
The Adolf and Frieda Heilberg collection documents their lives and achievements. Most of the documents discuss Adolf Heilberg's 70th birthday and tributes on him. The publications of Frieda Heilberg concern topics like the textile industry and social and economic questions. In the personal documents of each person can be found birth certificates, master's and doctor's degrees and death certificates. Other documents include a Festschrift, speeches, articles, legal correspondence of Adolf Heilberg and a photo album.
Dates:
1893-1995; Majority of material found within 1928-1978
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Adolf Leschnitzer Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25320 / MF 897
Abstract
The Adolf Leschnitzer Collection documents the life and professional activities of Adolf Leschnitzer, researcher, historian, and teacher. The collection includes brochures, booklets, clippings, correspondence, financial, vital, and immigration documents, minutes, notes, photographs, printed materials, and writings, by Adolf Leschnitzer as well as other authors. Additionally, there are materials dealing with other members of the Leschnitzer family, namely his wife, Maria Leschnitzer, née Bratz, her mother, Elly Bratz, née Michael, Adolf and Maria Leschnitzers' son, Michael Lesch, also known as Michael Leschnitzer, and Adolf and Albertt Frank.
Dates:
1886-1986; Majority of material found in 1937-1973
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Adolf Lorch (1883-1971) Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-1010
Abstract
This collection consists of materials related to Adolf Lorch’s efforts to support the emigration of family members and others from Germany between 1934 and the early 1950s. The bulk is made up of correspondence and affidavits. Also included are other family papers, business correspondence, a biographical sketch, and a photograph of Lorch.
Dates:
1896-2013; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1941
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
Adolf Schwersenz Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25615
Abstract
This collection includes personal and official documents of the Adolf Schwersenz family, including his professional work as a cantor, mainly during his time in Berlin. It contains sheet music used by Adolf Schwersenz, as well as newspaper clippings and letters.
Dates:
1895-1969; Majority of material found within 1937-1951
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
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
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
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
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
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
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
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
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
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
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Alfred Schutz Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25500
Abstract
This collection comprises the family papers of the social scientist Alfred Schutz and his family members, including his wife, parents and daughter. The majority of the collection consists of correspondence, especially concerning family members' immigration. Aside from correspondence, the collection holds official, travel and identification papers and vital records, the creative writing of Alfred Schutz and other family members, and a small amount of material on restitution and genealogy.
Dates:
1868-2005; Majority of material found within 1935-1959
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Altschuler and Weinberger Families Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25333
Abstract
The Altschuler and Weinberger Families Collection includes materials related to the history of these families prior to World War II as well as materials that shed light on the fate of various members of the Altschuler and Weinberger families during the Holocaust. The collection consists of correspondence, printed materials, documents, photographs, genealogical materials such as charts and family trees, stammbuch (most likely belonging to Helen Altschuler), and a handwritten cookbook.
Dates:
1884-2007
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
American Jewish Committee Records, Domestic and Geographic Files
Collection
Identifier: RG 347.17.13
Abstract
The American Jewish Committee Records, Domestic and Geographic Files consists of materials created by executive offices, departments, local offices and chapters of the committee concerning a variety of matters, primarily Jewish civil and religious rights, integration, Jewish communal organizations and communal issues. However, materials found in this collection encompass other civil, racial, and religious minority groups as well. The records consist of briefs, conference proceedings, correspondence, legal documents, memoranda, minutes of meetings, printed materials, reports, resolutions, statements, studies, and surveys.
Dates:
1921, 1941-1962, 1995
Found in:
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
American Jewish Committee Records, Subject Files
Collection
Identifier: RG 347.17.10
Abstract
The collection documents American Jewish Committee’s efforts to combat all forms of discrimination against the Jews in the United States. Additionally, there are materials pertaining to AJC’s work regarding other minority groups in the United States. The collection offers researchers a unique chance to see how and what was done prior to the changes in public opinion and civic and legal laws. The American Jewish Committee Records, Subject Files consists of materials created by executive offices, departments, local offices and chapters of the Committee concerning a variety of matters; foremost Jewish civil and religious rights, immigration, and the Holocaust.
Dates:
1930-1973; Majority of material found within 1941-1961
Found in:
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Anne Fischer Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 10519
Abstract
This collection contains the correspondence and personal papers of Anne Fischer. The bulk of the material consists of nearly five decades of continuous correspondence between Anne Fischer and Hermann Simon. In addition, there is a very small amount of official documents of family members and a few photographs.
Dates:
1884-1982; Majority of material found within 1930-1978
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Arnold and Beatrice Gottlieb Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25334
Abstract
The collection includes photographs, clippings, writings, documents and memorabilia pertaining to Arnold and Beatrice Gottlieb.
Dates:
1927-1937, 2005
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Arnold Taenzer Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 485
Abstract
The Arnold Tänzer Collection documents the work and life of this German rabbi. Prominent topics of this collection include Moritz Lazarus, Jews in the German military, and the Jewish communities of Göppingen and Württemberg. The papers consist of manuscripts, official documents, diaries, correspondence, clippings, and a few photographs.
Dates:
1904-1996
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Aron Rauner Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25438
Abstract
The Aron Rauner Family Collection documents the life of this businessman and his family, although his story is the most prominent of the collection. The papers include official documents and certificates as well as notes, poems, narratives, correspondence and photographic material.
Dates:
1892-2005; Majority of material found within 1916-1963
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Arthur Bluhm Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 1884 / MF 733
Abstract
This collection is composed of the papers of Arthur Bluhm, chief rabbi of Krefeld, Germany between 1928 and 1938, and rabbi of Temple B'nai Israel in Amarillo, Texas. It documents his professional life and also holds records related to the Krefeld Jewish Community and the Jews in Westphalia. In addition, the collection contains the papers of Abraham Sutro, chief rabbi of Westphalia from 1815-1869.
Dates:
1809-1962
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Arthur Kahn Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 6394
Abstract
This collection centers on Arthur Kahn's experiences during the First World War and his time as a prisoner of war in Siberia from 1915 until 1920 where he became the instructor of the sports club Maccabi Irkutsk.
Dates:
1854-2000; Majority of material found within 1915-1920
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Arthur Waskow Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-152
Abstract
This collection documents the professional activities and personal life of Arthur Waskow, a Jewish Renewal rabbi and political activist. The collection includes such printed materials as brochures, booklets, clippings, correspondence, financial documents, photographs, and Waskow's writings. Materials in the collection reflect various aspects of Arthur Waskow’s personal and professional life, including teaching, involvement in the human and civil rights movements, and the peace process in the Middle East.
Dates:
1948-2009; Majority of material found within 1967 - 2004
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
Arthur Rath Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25762
Abstract
This collection contains the archival papers of Arthur Rath. Most of it consists of correspondence with friends and family members. Primary topics of the collection are Arthur's life in Switzerland towards the end of World War II and the decades immediately after, correspondence with friends who were also Jewish refugees from Germany after the war, and Arthur Rath's life decisions following the displacement of his family during the war.
Dates:
1908-2013; Majority of material found within 1942-1960
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Aschkenazy-Willdorff Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25066
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of the Aschkenazy Family as well as those of Erich Willdorff, who was married to Elfriede (Effy) Aschkenazy. Prominent topics are emigration and immigration as well as Erich Willdorff's watch and clock shop. The papers in this collection include a few photographs, some correspondence and personal papers. The bulk of the collection comprises official and commercial documents.
Dates:
1895-1959; Majority of material found within 1920s-1950s
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Auerbach Rivers Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25758
Abstract
This collection contains materials of genealogical research from six different families. They include: genealogical information, photographs, birth, death and naturalization records, family sheets listing basic biographical information as well as census records and passenger manifests.
Dates:
1905-2014
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Barbara and Peter Rothholz Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25201
Abstract
The Barbara and Peter Rothholz Family Collection contains documents and photographs of the families of Peter Rothholz and his wife, Barbara Peters Rothholz (originally Baerbel Gruenpeter), along with papers of the extended family.
Dates:
1877-1969; Majority of material found within 1916-1937
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Bauer-Gross Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25250
Abstract
The Bauer-Gross Family collection consists of family papers, various documents, and photographs. Prominent topics are emigration from Germany, the family history, and Meta Bauer. The collection comprises correspondence, immigration papers, an academic confirmation, newspapers, a report, a manuscript, medical documents, identification documents, military papers, a birth certificate, an award certificate, obituaries, and a prenuptial agreement.
Dates:
1877-1974; Majority of material found within 1930s
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
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