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Montevideo (Uruguay)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 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

Correspondence of Joel Heimann’s Children

 Collection
Identifier: DM 335
Abstract

These are the translated letters between the Heimann siblings in Germany, Palestine and Uruguay; mainly in 1939.

Dates: 1928-1943

Frost and Wegner Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6468
Abstract

This collection holds the documents of Ismar Frost, his wife Rose Frost (née Wegner) and their family. The collection consists of private correspondence, professional and official correspondence, a large amount of restitution documents, personal documents and family photographs. It also holds Ismar Frost’s and other’s writings – fiction and non-fiction.

Dates: 1871-2003; Majority of material found within 1903-1969