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Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 147 Collections and/or Records:

Herbert Heineman Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6409
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence and other documents, pertaining to Herbert Heineman(n), his brother Eric(h) and their parents, Lisette and Max Heinemann. The bulk of the collection pertains to Lisette and Max Heinemann’s correspondence with their sons and their imprisonment in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.

Dates: 1891-1986; Majority of material found within 1939-1945

Herbert Loebl Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6353
Abstract

This collection contains the "Letter from Bamberg" newsletter by Herbert Loebl, which chronicles the history and activities regarding Jewish communities in Bamberg and the Franconia region. It also includes genealogical research into the Rosenfelder family of Huettenheim (Marktbreit) / Theilheim (Werneck), and other clippings and material about the Jews of Franconia, Germany.

Dates: 1815-2006

Herbert Strauss Addenda

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25728 / MF 1821
Abstract

The Herbert Strauss Addenda contains subject files and writings from Strauss’ position as the executive director of the American Federation of Jews from Central Europe. These include correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, newsletters and pamphlets, and writings, including manuscripts and dissertations in the field of German-Jewish history and related topics.

Dates: 1933-2000

Hermann L. Berlak Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3517
Abstract

The collection consists of copies of official documents; publications; correspondence with Kartell-Convent fraternity brothers; and a report about Berlak’s internment as an enemy alien in the English camp of Onchan on the Isle of Man.

Dates: 1916-1950

Herta Leab and Leo Leab Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7205
Abstract

This collection details the lives and immigration experiences of Herta and Leo Leab. Given Herta Leab's experience as an executive in the Scherk cosmetics company and as the owner of her own company, Hedda Maar Cosmetics, it includes significant material on the cosmetics industry in Germany and the United States. Losses suffered by the Marcus, Liebeskind, and Scherk families in Nazi Germany and the Leabs' efforts to receive restitution are also well documented, along with some material on the town of Gilgenburg (now Dabrowno, Poland) and World War I. The collection is comprised of extensive personal and business correspondence, family and official papers, notebooks, clippings, and a few photographs.

Dates: 1858-2010; Majority of material found within 1938-1975

High Commission for Refugees from Germany Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7162 / MF 895
Abstract

The collection consists of copies of correspondence on the placement of German refugees from the office of High Commissioner James G. McDonald with numerous refugee-aid organizations and prominent individuals as well as minutes of commission meetings, press releases, reports of commission subcommittees dealing with finances, passports, travel regulations and special problems of emigration by professionals.

Dates: 1933-1935

Höxter Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6875
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence sent by Käthe and Hugo Höxter, first from their home in Mannheim, and then beginning late 1940 from the Gurs camp, to their son Heinz (Henry) in Louisiana.

Dates: 1938-1945, 1991

Ilse and Fritz Michel Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25502
Abstract

This collection contains personal and official documents pertaining to the family’s immigration to the United States and their situation in Germany as the political climate deteriorated. Included are a large amount of personal letters, supplemented by various other documents from government and military offices, some genealogical and tracing certificates, as well as other various material.

Dates: 1901-2003; Majority of material found within 1938-1942

Ilse Gamper Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25243
Abstract

Items in this collection document deportation, family separation, immigration and efforts to seek restitution by Ilse Gamper. Medical, financial and employment records can also be found in this collection as well as correspondence and photographs.

Dates: 1911 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1997

Irene Shomberg Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6256
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of materials documenting Ernst Shomberg's education and career as a physician both in Germany and in New York after emigration. There are a also a few items pertaining to his wife's family and some genealogical materials.

Dates: 1909-1994

Jacob Auslander Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 656
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of underground anti-Nazi literature in German. Included are printed copies and film negatives of newspapers, flyers, materials in miniature form.

Dates: 1935 - 1936

Jewish Press Agencies Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 5316
Abstract

The Jewish Press Agencies Collection consists of press reports that document the events of 1933-1935 in Nazi Germany, with a focus on the persecution of German Jews. The bulk of the material derives from reports of the Jewish Central Information Office, although Inpress and the Jewish Telegraphic Agency are also represented. Almost the entirety of the collection consists of reports, but there are also photocopies of various documents, timelines and a few publications.

Dates: 1933-1935

Jewish Restitution Successor Organization Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1485
Abstract

This collection contains documents concerning restitution cases for individuals from North Rhine Westfalia and Bavaria and indemnification claims for destroyed synagogues in Hesse, Germany. Memoranda among JRSO and its member institutions, as well as financial reports, can be found in this collection.

Dates: 1948 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1959

John H. Bergmann Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4861 / MF 613
Abstract

Extensive collection of genealogical information, family trees, manuscripts, and clippings on Swabian Jewish communities, with a special focus on the Jewish community in Laupheim.

Dates: 1810-1991

Juedischer Kulturbund Hamburg Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 2594
Abstract

A nearly complete collection of programs, circulars, and other printed matter of the Kulturbund, Hamburg, from 1934 to 1938. Also a collection of newspaper clippings, many of them about the Reichsverband der juedischen Kulturbuende for the same period.

Dates: 1933-1938

Julius Oppenheimer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6631
Abstract

The collection contains various personal documents and correspondence to Frieda and Julius Oppenheimer in New York from family members in Germany and Holland during the years 1940-1941.

Dates: 1935-1948

Julius Streicher Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 5867
Abstract

The collection contains statements by and about Julius Streicher from the time of the Nuremberg trials, 1945-46. Also included are items that had belonged to Streicher.

Dates: 1826-1945

Karl Adler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7276 / MF 572
Abstract

Correspondence of Karl Adler with individuals, including Theodor Baeuerle, Martin Buber, Alexander Dillmann, Theodor Heuss, Paul Hindemith, Otto Hirsch, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Paul Rieger, and Hans Walz; correspondence with family members, including letters written as a soldier during World War I and the November Revolution.

Dates: 1787-1973

Karl D. Darmstaedter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 15 / MF 581
Abstract

Correspondence and autographs, including letters from former residents of Mannheim, as well as Rabbi Joseph Carlebach, Rabbi Jacob Hoffman, Richard Beer-Hofmann, Jacob Rosenheim, Felix Theilhaber, Fritz von Unruh, and Karl Wolfskehl.

Dates: 18th century-1972

Kassel Jewish Community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 454
Abstract

This collection contains clippings, photocopied documents, a bibliography, and manuscripts pertaining to the history of Kassel and its Jewish community.

Dates: 1827-2004

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

Kurt Hohenemser Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25643
Abstract

This collection documents the personal and professional life of aerospace engineer Kurt Heinrich Hohenemser (1906-2001) in Germany and the United States. Mainly comprised of diaries and correspondence, materials in this collection describe Hohenemser’s education in Germany, work at and dismissal from the University of Göttingen in 1933, work for the aircraft manufacturer Anton Flettner during World War II, attempts to regain his position at Göttingen, and his family’s immigration to and new life in the United States. Correspondence with family and friends throughout Germany includes discussion of the political, economic, and social situation in Germany both during the World War II and during the post-war and Cold War periods. Also included in the collection are official documents and correspondence pertaining to Kurt Hohenemser’s parents, the musicologist Richard Heinrich Hohenemser (1870-1942) and his wife Alice Matilda Florence Hohenemser née Salt (1879-1942).

Dates: undated, 1885-2007; Majority of material found within 1931-2001

Kurt Jakob Ball-Kaduri Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4776
Abstract

The bulk of the collection consists of microfilmed copies of articles pertaining to aspects of the Georg Kareski affair. All articles carry comments by Kurt Ball-Kaduri. Originals are at the Yad Vashem archives.

Dates: 1944-1963

Landsberger Gans Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25331
Abstract

The collection contains various letters, certificates, photographs, and printed materials relating to the families of Carl Heinz Gans and Ruth Landsberger.

Dates: 1887-2008; Majority of material found within 1934-1972

Landschulheim Herrlingen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4686
Abstract

The collection contains various original and copied materials pertaining to the boarding school ‘Landschulheim Herrlingen’, both from the period of its original, general clientele, 1926-1933, as well as from its Jewish form under Nazi rule.

Dates: 1928-1996; Majority of material found within 1933-1938

Lebenserinnerungen

 Collection
Identifier: ME 1610
Abstract

Recollection of Julius Kohsen’s life, including a family tree. Also available are two translations by his grandchildren, Monica Schubert (ME 939) and Gunther Steinberg (ME 1611).

Dates: 1941, 1992, 2011

Leo Gompertz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1990
Abstract

The Leo Gompertz Collection primarily documents Leo Gompertz's search for information on Haus Berta, a recreation and training institution for Jewish youth during the late 1930s. The collection also includes a number of photographs of Haus Berta, its staff and residents, as well as some other documents on it and a few personal papers of Leo Gompertz.

Dates: 1896-1998; Majority of material found within 1963-1967

Leo Wolff Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4059
Abstract

The Leo Wolff Collection consists of personal documents of Leo Wolff and of papers pertaining to the organizations and communities in which he was engaged. Prominent topics are his work for Jewish communities in Germany and the negative influence of Zionism. The documents include biographical articles, family history articles, newspaper issues and clippings, minutes, correspondence, newsletters, notes, and by-laws.

Dates: 1895-1939; Majority of material found within 1930s

Leopold Schwarzschild Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7043 / MF 571
Abstract

Correspondence with individuals and organizations, including Clifford Case, Max Eastman, the Emergency Rescue Committee, Bruno Frank, Manfred George, Hermann Kesten, H.R. Knickerbocker, Alfred Knopf, Emil Ludwig, Erika Mann, Klaus Mann, James G. McDonald, Maxwell Perkins, Victor Polzer, Curt Riess, Ernst Rowohlt, Friedrich Sternthal, Max Warburg, Franz Werfel, and Carl Zuckmayer.

Manuscripts of articles, speeches, and radio broadcasts by Schwarzschild; manuscripts and reviews of his books, including World in Trance and The Red Prussian.

Dates: 1940-1955

Loeb and Feibes Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25368
Abstract

This collection contains personal papers of Siegfried Loeb and Else Loeb née Feibes and their immediate family members. The Loebs fled Germany for Palestine and then the United States, settling in Forest Hills, New York. Included are family trees, emigration papers, official documents, photographs, Julian Ulrich Loeb’s U.S. Army papers, and a cookbook.

Dates: circa 1900-circa 1980s