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Jews -- Germany -- History -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Altschüler Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3801
Abstract

The collection contains a family tree of the Altschüler family of Grünstadt from 1760 to 1969, including birth, death, marriage, and emigration dates and locations. The family tree is accompanied by related correspondence. Also included is a certificate in memory of Henry Altschuler's work with the Jüdischen Jugendverein Ludwigshafen am Rhein.

Dates: 1920-1972

Dorothy Filene Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7202 / MF 984
Abstract

The Dorothy Filene collection documents the personal life and professional activities of Dorothy Filene, née Finkelstein and to a lesser extent personal lives of a number of members of the Finkelstein family. This collection consists of a variety of materials such as correspondence, clippings, annual reports, brochures, job applications, notes and other school materials, minutes, and various manuals, used by Dorothy Filene in her work as a social worker.

Dates: 1860s-1972; Majority of material found in 1900-1962

Egon Klebe Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3916
Abstract

The collection contains a biographical sketch of Dr. Egon Klebe and 24 of his musical compositions.

Dates: 1950-1967

Erna Weingold Kleinermann Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11787
Abstract

The collection contains documentation of the Erna Weingold Kleinermann family, including vital records, identity cards and passports, school certificates, and correspondence.

Dates: 1897-1948

Felix and Frieda Schuster Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11898
Abstract

The collection contains documents pertaining to Felix Schuster's service in World War I; the restitution claims of Felix Schuster and his wife Frieda Schuster née Wolf; and family photographs.

Dates: undated, 1913-1963

Gustav Wendel Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 544
Abstract

The collection contains documents of Gustav Wendel and his family, including documents pertaining to Wendel's service as a physician in the German army; family documents, such as birth, marriage, and citizenship certificates, family history, and correspondence; and documents pertaining to Wendel's medical training. Also included is a letter to Wendel from Lion Feuchtwanger.

Dates: 1833-1954

Hanna Oppenheimer Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11642
Abstract

The collection contains documentation of the Hanna Oppenheimer family, including business documents, family documents, diaries, and family trees.

Dates: 1867-1940

Hans Tramer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 836
Abstract

The Hans Tramer Collection consists of 8 boxes and 52 folders.

Dates: undated, 1929-1992; Majority of material found within 1929-1979

Heinemann Family Collection, Lüneburg

 Collection
Identifier: AR 2973
Abstract

The collection contains documents of the Heinemann family of Lüneburg, including official and legal documents, business documents, and correspondence.

Dates: 1736-1918

Heinz Markwald Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25278 / MF 855
Abstract

Correspondence and ephemera relating to the early years of Heinz Wolfgang Markwald (1911-2005) in Berlin, Germany until 1937

Dates: [unknown]

Kurt E. Reinsberg Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11356
Abstract

The collection contains a report by Kurt E. Reinsberg on his investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation during the early 1940s, after he was denounced as a German collaborator. The report includes redacted copies of the files the FBI kept on him. Also included are circulars and clippings pertaining to the Jewish community of Fulda and a membership roster and constitution and by-laws for the Isachar Widows and Orphans Benevolent Society.

Dates: undated, 1987-2002

L. Behrens & Söhne Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11239 / MF 1588
Abstract

The collection holds materials about the company’s 175th anniversary in 1955.

Dates: 1955, 1967

Margot Garon Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11650
Abstract

The collection contains documents pertaining to Margot Garon née Straus, her father Jakob Straus, and her grandfather Hermann Straus.

Dates: 1868-2008

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

Max Stern Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3161
Abstract

The collection contains items pertaining to Max Stern's work in the iron and steel industries and documentation of the history of his company M. Stern AG. Included is a curriculum vitae by Max Stern describing his work in the industry from 1908 to the 1940s; list of patents held by Stern; business contracts; correspondence pertaining to the activities of Max Stern and M. Stern AG; and essays by Stern about the history of his company M. Stern AG.

Dates: 1922-1966

Moritz Schweizer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11789
Abstract

The collection contains documentation of the life of Moritz Schweizer, particularly his persecution during World War II. Included in the collection is a diary excerpt listing concentration camp victims he buried after his liberation; correspondence; documents pertaining to his emigration from Germany to Amsterdam; documents pertaining to his internment in Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen; information kept by Schweizer on children in the orphanage at Bergen-Belsen; and letters of sympathy to his wife after his death.

Dates: undated, 1939-1988

Moritz Sobernheim Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 668
Abstract

The collection contains copies of various materials accumulated in the course of Moritz Sobernheim's work at the German Foreign Office.

Dates: 1918-1932

Otto Simon Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1135
Abstract

The collection contains certificates for seats at the synagogue in Mannheim (1857-1910); and Jewish National Fund certificates for trees planted in honor of Otto Simon's 80th birthday (1961).

Dates: 1857-1961

Rimalower Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25529
Abstract

The bulk of the collection contains letters to Harry Rimalower in Argentina from his parents and other family members in Leipzig, Germany, (1936-1940). Included in the letters are updates on family members and friends in Germany, discussion of the ever-worsening situation there, and discussion of efforts to facilitate the emigration of Harry Rimalower's parents from Germany. English-language translations of several letters are included. Also included is a brief history of the Eppstein family of Mannheim and a family tree of the Bernhard Solomon family from the 17th century to 1937, with birth and death dates and locations.

Dates: 1936-2002

Rob Lederer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25530
Abstract

The collection contains documents pertaining to various Jewish communities in Hesse (Germany) and Bohemia (Czech Republic), including Oberaula; Blowitz (Blovice); Goltsch Jenikau (Golčův Jeníkov); Burghaun; and Langenschwarz. Included in the collection are photocopies of articles, maps, cemetery records, birth records, census records, family registers, and synagogue registers.

Dates: 1977-2000

Robert Freund Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1349
Abstract

The collection contains the dissertation and doctoral certificate of Robert Freund; birth certificate of Hanno Freund; and citizen certificate of Theodor Freund.

Dates: 1899-1938

Ruth Hirsch Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11807
Abstract

The collection contains documentation of the Ruth Hirsch family, including vital documents and documents pertaining to the emigration of Emmanuel and Citonia Hirsch and Karl and Gertrude Metzger from Germany to the United States.

Dates: 1907-1982

Ruth Knox Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11446
Abstract

The collection contains a brief essay by Ruth Knox née Liebermensch regarding her childhood in Mannheim and emigration from Germany; song printed on the occasion of the wedding of Samuel Liebermensch and Gisela Schiff; and sheet music edited by Samuel Liebermensch, entitled "Lieder des jüdischen Hauses."

Dates: undated, 1918-circa 1989

Ruth Warschawzik Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11786
Abstract

The collection contains documentation of Ruth DeJay née Warschawzik and Otto DeJay, formerly Otto Dietsche, including vital records, passports and identity cards, school certificates, military service records, correspondence, biographical notes, and family trees.

Dates: 1910-1971

Samuel Halperin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11578
Abstract

The collection contains various ephemera pertaining to the 20th century history of Jews in Germany and German Jews in Israel, including stamps, letters and postcards, cirulars and leaflets, and membership cards.

Dates: undated, circa 1900-1982

Self-published Memoir – Alain Lang, 2010

 File — Box 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains official documents, such as visa and travel documents, and correspondence pertaining primarily to Eugen Julius and Matje Baum. Also included is a photograph and a memoir by Alain Lang.

Folder 1/1 contains official documents and correspondence. Included is a copy of Eugen’s birth certificate from 1901, reissued by the Third Reich in 1937 as well as Matje Cohen’s Dutch birth certificate from 1917. Also included is Karl and Luise (née Frank) Baum’s wedding certificate from 1871, reissued by the Third Reich in 1937. In addition, it contains declarations of citizenship and religion with translations, Eugen Baum’s declaration of good conduct from 1935, his declaration of moving from Kehl to Rotterdam in 1937, and Eugen and Matje’s Dutch wedding certificate, signed in 1937 in Rotterdam.

Further documents regard their emigration to Haiti, including papers supporting their naturalization in Haiti, Eugen’s Certificate of Naturalization from 1940 and Eugen and Matje’s Haitian passports. These passports include stamps for their immigration admission to the United States. The folder also holds proof of financial independence for Eugen regarding his immigration to the United States and a Certificate of Literacy from the University of the State of New York for Eugene Baum in 1952. Other documents pertain to Eugen and Matje’s daughters Mina and Reina. These include a French declaration of Mina’s birth regarding the claiming of French citizenship for her in 1938, and a document certifying the registration of Mina as a French citizen, issued at the French consulate in the Netherlands in 1939. In addition, it holds alien registration cards for Mina and Reina Baum for the United States from 1945 and correspondence regarding their citizenship from 1951.

Folder 1/2 contains a copy of a photograph of Sallie Cohen with his sons Barend, Max, Harry, and Louis from 1942, all wearing a yellow star. Folder 1/3 holds a self-published photo book/memoir titled ‘Mon Histoire de 1939 a 1968’ by Alan Lang from 2010. It contains a handwritten note, indicating that it was gifted to Mina Bernhard by Alan’s son Philippe.

Dates: 2010

Shalom Adler-Rudel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 159
Abstract

The collection consists of 6 boxes and 46 folders.

Dates: 1918-1974

The Samuel Halperin Collection of Jews and Judaism in Germany and Austria

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11974
Abstract

Over 270 items include: voluntary Jewish organization monthly dues stamps and seals; synagogue and Kosher labels; Berlin Community Council membership booklets; Jewish sport club certificates; multilingual stamps of the Harand Movement ‘against race hatred and human misery’ (including an autographed postcard photo of founder Julie Harand); and a notable collection of Jewish Veterans Relief Stamps of World War l (RJF). Jewish merchants and banks are also represented in colorful advertising labels and seals. Also included are several Nazi anti-Semitic items and post-World War II depictions of restored synagogues destroyed by Nazis.

Dates: 1898-1960

The Wiener Library - Microfilm collection

 Collection
Identifier: x MfW ... (see individual series)
Abstract

The Wiener Library in London is one of the world’s leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust and Nazi era. Formed in 1933, the Library contains some of the earliest primary sources on National Socialism. The Library’s unique collection includes published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs and eyewitness testimony.

Dates: 1687-1979

Urias Heimann Collection.

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6492 / MF 560
Abstract

Notebook, album of stickers

Dates: undated, 1910