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Bergmann Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 6386 / MF 878
Abstract
Personal documents of Robert, Martha and Hertha Bergmann including diary of WWI, immigration papers, examples of currency from Austria, Hungary, Germany, Photographs, Correspondence
Dates:
1901-1981
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Berlin Community Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 88
Abstract
The collection consists of various materials covering aspects of the Berlin Jewish community’s history from the 1880s to the 1990s, concentrating on documents from the community’s sole official congregation, “Jüdische Gemeinde zu Berlin”.
Dates:
1862-1991
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Berliner family collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 2575
Abstract
The bulk of the collection consists of one bound scrapbook with documents pertaining to Abraham Jacob, his estate, his son in law David Berliner, David Berliner’s son Abraham Berliner, and his son Moritz Berliner, all in the town of Flatow, ranging 1789-1898. The 456 pages in this scrapbook are in no chronological order. - Also included are three further documents, 1844-1913.
Dates:
1789-1913
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Berliner Family, Hannover Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 1906 / MF 688
Abstract
The collection contains a large number of original historical documents related to the family Berliner of Hanover. Folder 1 contains original materials including residency permit for Moses Berliner from 1817 and a bundle of business and family documents of the Berliner family dating 1789-1898. There are also clippings from pre-war newspapers and 20th century family certificates and documents, including a short handwritten family history penned in 1964, author unknown.
Dates:
1798-1997
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Bern Trial on the Protocols of the Elders of Zion Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 34
Abstract
This collection contains materials from and about the famous Bern trial on "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" of 1933-1935, when Swiss Jewish groups sued the Swiss Nazi party and successfully had the antisemetic Protocols declared a forgery.
Dates:
1921-1936; Majority of material found within 1934-1935
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Bernard Baruch papers
Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P6, Folder: P-200
Identifier: P-200
Abstract
The collection consists primarily of letters from Baruch on various subjects. Included are ten letters to Rudolph Kommer, author and playwright (1923-1941); a letter to Mrs. Samuel Gompers regarding her husband (1932); a letter to the editor of the Washington star regarding U.S. loans to foreign governments (1945); two letters to Herbert Bayard Swope regarding his work on the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (1947); seven routine letters; the printer's proof for Baruch's entry in Who's Who in America, 1926-1927; three signed photographs; addresses delivered by Baruch when awarded the Churchman's Medal, and upon being awarded a gold medal by the National Institute of Social Sciences (1944); a medical certificate, signed by Simon Baruch (1840-1921), verifying that R.S. Desportes, an officer of his regiment, was unfit for duty (1862); and Baruch's declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States (1870).
Dates:
undated, 1862-1957
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
Bernard Bernstein Archive
Collection
Identifier: YUM 02
Abstract
Bernard Bernstein Collection documents professional activities of Bernard Bernstein, a jeweler, metal smith, writer, and teacher. The collection includes artifacts, correspondence, documents, manuscripts, printed materials, photographs and other visual materials, and sketches.
Dates:
1941-2008; Majority of material found within 1960-1984
Found in:
Yeshiva University Museum
Bernard Blum Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25429
Abstract
The Bernard Blum Family Collection consists of materials pertaining to the members of the Blum family and includes correspondence, printed materials, photographs, and vital and business documents.
Dates:
1920-1990s
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Bernard C. Ehrenreich Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-26
Abstract
The Papers of Bernard Calonius Ehrenreich, a Rabbi and civic leader in Montgomery, Alabama, document his personal and professional life over seven decades, and highlights his involvment in a broad range of organizations and activities. The collection is valuable to those researching topics such as Zionism; Progressivism; boys' camps; Montgomery, Alabama's Jewish community; Christian-Jewish relations in the South; and soldiers' correspondence from World War I and World War II. In addition, Ehrenreich's involvment in organizations such as the National Jewish Welfare Board; National American Woman Suffrage Association; Intercollegiate Menorah Association; Federation of American Zionists; and Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity are documented within the collection as well as postcards displaying various Jewish images.
Dates:
undated, 1871-1971
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
Barnard E. Bee Letter
Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P12, Folder: Collection P-423
Identifier: P-423
Abstract
This collection contains a printed letter of endorsement, signed "Many Friends," favoring the election of Bee as Receiver of Tax Returns in Savannah, Georgia. Bee was formerly employed by the firm of Cohen & Hertz.
Dates:
1852
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
Bernard Eckstein Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25296 / MF 838
Abstract
The collection contains manuscripts, genealogical tables, clippings and other archival materials pertaining to the family of Bernard H. Eckstein.
Dates:
1928-2007
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Bernard Eckstein Collection Addenda
Collection
Identifier: AR 25795
Abstract
The Bernard Eckstein Addenda Collection focuses on providing documentation of the life of the chemist Bernard Eckstein, especially his early life in Ulm, Germany, his education in England and the United States, and his military service during World War II. Documentation of the lives of his parents, brother, and other family members are also present. The collection includes official and personal documents, scrapbooks, family correspondence, biographical and autobiographical narratives, photographs, military documents, newspaper clippings, and other documents.
Dates:
1872-2018; Majority of material found in 1938-1946; 1990-2012
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Bernard G. Richards Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-868
Abstract
The collection contains Bernard G. Richards personal and official correspondence, papers from his involvement with the American Jewish Congress and Jewish Information Bureau, published and unpublished writings, publications collected by Richards, articles about Richards and his activities, correspondence and articles from testimonial dinners in honor of Richards, and photographs. Significant correspondents include Joseph Barondess, Louis D. Brandeis, Vladimir Jabotinsky, J.L. Magnes, Louis Marshall, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jacob H. Schiff, Philip Slomovitz, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, Morris Winchovsky, and Stephen S. Wise.
Dates:
undated, 1820, 1868, 1895-1996, 1999
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
Bernard Hart Voucher
Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P16, Folder: P-576
Identifier: P-576
Abstract
Contains one voucher for payment by the city of New York to Hart "for powder and making cartridges for 4th July.".
Dates:
1810
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
Bernard Lichtenstein Collection.
Collection
Identifier: AR 10416 / MF 505
Abstract
Documents and photographs (all photocopies) pertaining to Bernard Lichtenstein
Dates:
1919-1950, 1996
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Bernard Postal papers
Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P17, Folder: P-606
Identifier: P-606
Abstract
Collection consists of two sets of correspondence with famous persons regarding: (i) Who is the greatest Jew, living or dead (1957), and (ii) Whether a Jew could be elected President of the United States (1959); two letters having to do with Chanukah; an article having to do with Jews being named president of universities; and a pamphlet about Jewish sites in the Caribbean.
Dates:
undated, 1957-1971
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
Bernhard Altmann Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25672
Abstract
The collection holds papers, photographs, documents and correspondence pertaining to four generations of the Altmann family. Topics of the collection are, among others, the lives of the family members in Austria-Hungary, in pre-war Austria, in the emigration process and in the United States. Part of the material focuses on the family’s genealogy. The collection comprises correspondence, memoirs, personal and official papers, family photographs, postcards and some notes.
Dates:
1916-1987; Majority of material found within 1933-1966
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Bernhard and Antonie Hirschmann Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25180 / MF 1009
Abstract
Legal files, receipts, and correspondence concerning property in Brandenburg and restitution. The material is arranged in chronological order within each folder.
Dates:
1937-1954
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Bernhard Bardach Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 6632
Abstract
The Bernhard Bardach Collection describes mainly the career of a staff physician with the Austro-Hungarian army through educational and financial documents, photographs, and military decorations. Most importantly, Dr. Bardach kept a diary throughout his service in WW I. (see ME 1164)
Dates:
1887-1945
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Bernhard Boyneburg (Barber) Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25110
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.
Dates:
ca. 1919-1975
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Bernhard Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 25712
Abstract
The Bernhard Family collection contains a small amount of family papers, government documents, photographs, genealogical information, and postcards. These documents include birth and marriage certificates and a passport from 1938. The postcards make up the majority of the collection and date from 1877-1890.
Dates:
1870-1970; Majority of material found within 1877-1890
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Bernhard Felsenthal papers
Collection
Identifier: P-21
Abstract
This Collection consists primarily of English, German, Hebrew, and French language correspondence concerning Reform Judaism, Zionism; the founding of the American Jewish Historical Society; the Jewish Publication Society; B'nai B'rith; the legal position of Jews in England and the United States with particular reference to the Naturalization Acts; the religious and social life and the history of Jews in Russia and Poland; Bible readings in public schools; the study of Jesus in Jewish Sabbath Schools; anti-slavery issues in the Fremont Campaign in 1856; and other correspondence pertaining to his numerous activities.
Dates:
undated, 1844-1922
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
Bernhard Kahn Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 416
Abstract
Bernhard Kahn dedicated 50 years of his life to welfare activities in order to help distressed Jews. Among others he worked for the Hilfsverein der deutschen Juden, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Comittee and the American Joint Reconstruction Foundation .The collection contains personal as well as professional correspondence, articles on Bernhard Kahn’s work and biography, lectures and speeches by him and a number of official documents such as letters of consignment, citizenship papers and educational and professional certificates.
Dates:
1901-1955; Majority of material found in 1908-1955
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Bernhard Kolb Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 360 / MF 1021
Abstract
This collection holds the papers of Bernhard Kolb, the business manager of the Jewish Community of Nuremberg. Among the material here are personal papers with some information on the Kolb family as well as a small amount of papers of Hans and Käte Bruck and some material on Jewish communities, especially that of Nuremberg. However, the collection is largely comprised of records from Theresienstadt and the offices of Der Stürmer, the Nazi newspaper. The collection includes official records such as lists, reports and announcements; correspondence; unpublished manuscripts; notes; and some photographs and drawings.
Dates:
1778-1977; Majority of material found within 1929-1944
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Bernhard Proskauer Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 3711
Abstract
The collection contains documents pertaining to chemist Bernhard Proskauer (1851-1915), his son physician Arthur Proskauer (1880-1960); and his maternal grandfather Gottschalk Rosenberg.
Dates:
1830-1970
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Bernhard Sokolowski-Mirels Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 6341
Abstract
The Bernhard Sokolowski-Mirels Collection contains material pertaining to the family history of the Mirels family and personal documents of the Meyerhof family.
Dates:
1944-1972; Majority of material found within 1928-1942
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Bernhard Witkop Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 6424
Abstract
This collection documents the personal and professional life of Bernhard Witkop. Even though the major focus of the collection is on Witkop himself, there is a lot of correspondence between him and other Jewish friends, as well as material about other Jewish families like Levy-Salomonsohn and Ehrlich. The collection is composed of official documents, family trees, correspondence and newspaper articles.
Dates:
1859-2004; Majority of material found within 1898-2004
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Bernhard Wolff Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 5482
Abstract
This collection documents the family of Bernhard Wolff, extending back to his earliest known ancestor in 1646 through his grandchildren born in the 1970s. Born in Esens (Ostfriesland, Germany), Bernhard escaped National Socialist persecution by emigrating to Porto Alegre, Brazil in 1938, followed shortly thereafter by his wife Fanny née Mitau. His six siblings and mother Flora née Oppenheimer also emigrated, eventually settling in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, or the U.S. The collection contains correspondence, family trees, vital records, official documents, and photographs of family and Jewish historical sites. Also included are a three-volume family chronicle and a two-volume collection of materials on the Jewish community of Esens (Ostfriesland) created by Bernhard Wolff. A unique highlight of the collection is the postcard album belonging to Fanny’s mother Ida Mitau née Jacobsohn, who was not able to escape Germany and perished in Theresienstadt.
Dates:
1881-1991; Majority of material found within 1938-1988
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
Bernstein Family Letters
Collection — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Consolidated Box P11, Folder: P-390
Identifier: P-390
Abstract
Contains correspondence of World War I draftee, Samuel Bernstein, relating to his military training and personal matters. Also contains two letters from his brother, Charles Bernstein, and two letters-in Yiddish--letters to his father.
Dates:
1916-1918
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
Bernstein Family Collection, Chemnitz.
Collection
Identifier: AR 386 / MF 691
Abstract
The collection contains documents and correspondence relating to the family of Julius Bernstein of Chemnitz, who headed the Marshel Frank Sachs A.G. in Chemnitz until his death in 1935. Included are birth, citizenship, and marriage certificates, eulogies for Julius and his wife, Elly Franck who perished in a car wreck in 1927. There are also biographical outlines and the 1935 Geschaeftsbericht (business report) for Marschel Frank Sachs A.G. in Chemnitz and the 1934 Satzungen (Statutes) and correspondence regarding Kurt Bernstein's immigration attempts and search for work under the Third Reich and afterwards. Folder 2 contains a manuscript regarding family history in Ostpreussen.
Dates:
1879-1961
Found in:
Leo Baeck Institute
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