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São Paulo (Brazil)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

CENTRA Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 1016
Abstract

The Collection contains correspondence of CENTRA, the Council of Jews from Germany, the Irgun Olej Merkaz Europa, the Leo Baeck Institute in Jerusalem, and others. Topics include the Spanish translations of LBI publications and the collaboration of the Council of Jews from Germany with CENTRA. Mentioned is the possibility of establishing a permanent representation of the Leo Baeck Institute in Buenos Aires. A point of concern is the preservation of the German-Jewish heritage in Latin American congregations and organizations of CENTRA. Included are various materials on CENTRA's congresses as well as completed questionnaires about the German-Jewish communities and institutions in South America.

Dates: 1958-1971

Centralverein Deutscher Staatsbuerger Juedischen Glaubens

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3965
Abstract

The collection contains bylaws, circulars, guiding principles, lectures, minutes, newspaper articles, and proclamations pertaining to the German representative organization “Centralverein”.

Dates: 1884-1937, 1972

Mediaş Jewish Community Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25402 / MF 1041
Abstract

Collection of photographs found in the Mediaş (Transylvania, Romania) synagogue

Dates: 1900-1970; Majority of material found within early 1900s

Miriam Merzbacher-Blumenthal Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25701
Abstract

The collection includes memoirs, poems, notes, correspondence, photographs and clippings pertaining to Miriam Merzbacher-Blumenthal, to her husband Peter and to her mother Ilse Blumenthal-Weiss.'Materials concentrate on the 1940s, when Miriam Merzbacher-Blumenthal and her mother Ilse Blumenthal-Weiss lived in Amsterdam and New York, as well as on correspondence from the 1950s and 1960s.

Dates: 1878-2009; Majority of material found in 1927-1975, 1995-2003

Renate Herzfeld Modern Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25608
Abstract

The collection includes correspondence; poetry and manuscript drafts; official, educational and military documents; sermons; newspaper clippings; family trees; notes; and a few photographs.

Dates: 1815-2014; Majority of material found within 1868-1961