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Germany -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 1933-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

Sulzbach Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11253
Abstract The collection contains documents pertaining to the Sulzbach family, as well as documents pertaining to the Jewish communities of Hungen and Birstein.
Dates: undated, 1908-1991
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Sulzbach Family Collection

Trude Kersten Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25304
Abstract The Trude Kersten Family Collection documents the family history of the Brinizters', who lived in the Altona district of Hamburg, Germany from the late 1920s until 1938. When the situation for Jews in Germany became increasingly threatening they decided to emigrate to India, Great Britain and to the U.S. Jenny Brinitzer worked as a female doctor, Eugen Brinitzer as a dermatologist, their oldest son Carl Brinitzer became famous as an author and correspondent and Ewald Kersten established an international shipping agency. Theír diverse paths of life are illustrated in several photo albums, memoirs, letters and official documents.
Dates: 1899-1989; Majority of material found within 1930s-1940s
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Trude Kersten Family Collection

Walter and Hedwig Grossmann Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25658
Abstract The lives of Walter and Hedwig Grossmann are documented in this collection through both textual and visual records. Series I focuses on the former, specifically correspondence and educational records. Series II shows the life of the couple, their families, and friends through photographs, with a particular emphasis on the Grossmanns’ travels.
Dates: undated, 1876-1972
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Walter and Hedwig Grossmann Collection

Walter Heinemann Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 865
Abstract The bulk of the collection contains material pertaining to Jewish life in Braunschweig, Germany, before World War II, including documents from Walter Heinemann's life in Braunschweig during the 1930s and material pertaining to the larger Jewish community and its prominent members. The collection also contains photographs of concentration camps and material pertaining to prominent Jewish individuals and organizations. Included are correspondence, photographs, government forms, notes, speeches, and clippings.
Dates: 1907-1968
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Walter Heinemann Collection

Zentralausschuss der deutschen Juden für Hilfe und Aufbau Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 553
Abstract The file contains various materials pertaining to the activity of the Central Relief Committee (Zentralausschuss der deutschen Juden für Hilfe und Aufbau) of the Reich Representation of German Jews (Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden), and comprises eight folders.
Dates: 1924-1939
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Zentralausschuss der deutschen Juden für Hilfe und Aufbau Collection

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