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Switzerland

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

Rosa Traub Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25900
Abstract

The collection focuses on the wartime experiences of Rosa Traub and some of her extended family members. Included are Rosa Traub’s diary from Camp de Gurs, a photocopy of her identity card, her handwritten last will and testament, and other items, such as documents pertaining to her nephew Max Liebmann and photo negatives of Albert Einstein.

Dates: undated; 1920-1950s

Sigmund A. Cohn / Suzanne Lewy Cohn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11084 / MF 852
Abstract

The collection consists predominantly of correspondence between Sigmund A. Cohn and his parents, his letters to various public and private agencies in an unsuccesful attempt to get his parents out of Germany as well as correspondence related to obtain restitution. Included in the collection are genealogical papers, autobiographies of various family members, and documents related to Sigmund A. Cohn's studies and work.

Dates: 1837-1997

Swiss Treaty Collection

 Collection
Identifier: I-35
Abstract

This collection contains manuscripts and printed copies of letters and memorials presented by the Jewish community of the United States (including those passed by a convention of Delegates of Israelites held in Baltimore and the Jewish community of Charleston, South Carolina) to President James Buchanan in 1857, protesting the infringement of American Jewish rights in The Treaty signed with The Swiss Confederation in 1850. Also included is a copy of The Treaty and newspaper clippings relating to the protest.

Dates: 1855-1858

Walter Mehring Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 2195
Abstract

Contains clippings, an invitation to a reading, and a signed letter.

Dates: 1959-1996