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Berlin (Germany)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Beiner Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11129
Abstract The collection contains documents of Ernst Beiner and his family, including documents pertaining to his studies and work in pharmacy and dentistry, family photographs, and a file of material regarding his restitution claim against Germany after World War II. Also included are documents of the family of Biener's wife Fanny Beiner née Karpf.
Dates: 1908-1999
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Beiner Family Collection

David Friedman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6988/MF 742
Abstract David Friedman (Friedmann; 1893-1980) was an artist in Berlin. During the Nazi Holocaust, he was incarcerated in the Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz. He resumed his artistic career immediately after the war and then immigrated to the United States. His papers include artwork, memoirs, and essays focusing on his experiences in the Holocaust.
Dates: 1923-2006
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / David Friedman Collection

Herta and Carl Mayer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25616
Abstract The Herta and Carl Mayer Collection holds the assorted papers of Herta Mayer (Fuchs/ Fox) and her husband Carl (Karl) Mayer. Included in the collection are scattered documents of the Fuchs family members, Moric, Alice and Richard Fuchs. The collection primarily consists of Herta Mayer’s official documents and correspondence regarding immigration and restitution attempts after 1945. Photographs and family correspondence can be found as well.
Dates: 1912-2000; Majority of material found within 1945-2000
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Herta and Carl Mayer Collection

Jews in Germany after 1945 collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4197
Abstract The collection consists of clippings from West-German, Swiss, and US newspapers, as well as some correspondence, published materials and ephemera, describing various aspects of Jews in Germany after the Holocaust.
Dates: 1951-1995
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Jews in Germany after 1945 collection

Ostwald Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11029
Abstract Documents refer to the Ostwald, Tendlau and Cohen families. One focus is on the life of Alice Witte née Cohn. Of special significance is a letter that Karl Siche wrote to Alice Witte. Together with Alice Witte's former husband Max Witte, Karl Siche was detained in a concentration camp. Here Max Witte passed away. There is also a remarkable letter from Hedwig Ostwald, which she wrote in Theresienstadt in 1944, prior to her deportation to Auschwitz where she died. Her husband Max Ostwald, a lawyer and the head of the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (district Westphalia) had already died in 1942 in Theresienstadt from disease.
Dates: 1816-1976; Majority of material found within 1889-1947
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Ostwald Family Collection

Steffi Winters Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10219
Abstract This collection contains a copy of Elisabeth Schönfeld's diary written during the Nazi dictatorship, as well as a few photographs, a manuscript by Lucie Meyer on her emigration to France, and a couple of family papers. All items are photocopies, except the photographs.
Dates: 1918-1952
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Steffi Winters Collection

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