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Jews -- Germany -- Intellectual life

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur Loewenstamm Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3132
Abstract

A few of rabbi Arthur Loewenstamm's personal documents and several of his published writings.

Dates: 1905-1935

Berlin Community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 88
Abstract

The collection consists of various materials covering aspects of the Berlin Jewish community’s history from the 1880s to the 1990s, concentrating on documents from the community’s sole official congregation, “Jüdische Gemeinde zu Berlin”.

Dates: 1849-1991

Berthold Auerbach Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1095
Abstract

This collection contains original, handwritten letters and notes by Auerbach, as well as clippings and articles about Auerbach.

Dates: circa 1844-1992

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

Centralverein Deutscher Staatsbuerger Juedischen Glaubens - Alfred Hirschberg Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MF 582
Abstract

Circulars, pamphlets, clippings, reports concerning the Centralverein deutscher Staatsbuerger Juedischen Glaubens, and Eugen Fuchs, its cofounder.

Dates: 1894-1953

Jacob Bernays - Hans Bach Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7168 / MF 605
Abstract

Correspondence and other documents collected and written by Hans Bach for the publication of his book about Jacob Bernays and the history of German Jewish intellectual life in the 19th century. Also included are autographs pertaining to Jacob Bernays and materials about his father, Rabbi Chacham Isaac Bernays.

Dates: 1840-1937

Jakob Schönberg Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3390
Abstract

Typescripts and correspondence by Schönberg; 2 scrapbooks, one containing concert programs and reviews of Schönberg's works (1921-1948), the other containing articles by Schönberg, mostly on music and culture (1920-1938).

Dates: 1920-1948

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

Jung-Juedischer Club Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7126
Abstract

The collection contains documents and correspondence related to the Jung-Juedischer Club from Leipzig. Prominent topics in this collection are the organizational structures of the club, its activities and membership. The collection comprises organizational documents, such as bylaws, a vast amount of minutes from the Club's monthly meetings and an ample amount of correspondence to and from the club.

Dates: 1928-1930

Leo Herrmann Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 11640
Abstract

The collection contains letters and postcards to Leo Herrmann, his wife Lola Herrmann, and daughter Ruth Herrmann from various senders, including Max Brod, Franz Werfel, George Bernard Shaw, Martin Buber, and Albert Einstein.

Dates: undated, 1909-1950

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

"Meine letzten Jahre in Deutschland"

 Collection
Identifier: ME 287b
Abstract

In this memorial article, Herzfeld offers deep insight into the problems and the predicament for German Jews from 1933 to 1938. He especially describes the creation and the work of “Reichsvertretung der deutschen Juden”, the new organization for German Jews, facing the Nazi-regime.

Dates: 1919-1973

Rahel Varnhagen von Ense Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 336
Abstract

Original correspondence from Rahel Varnjagen as well as from her husband Karl August. Annotated handwritten transcripts of lost correspondence from and to Rahel Varnhagen, prepared before WW II. Also included are commentaries and essays.

Dates: 1793-1974

Records of the Administration of the Berlin Community

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6121 / MF 587
Abstract

The collection contains records from the administration and executive committee of the Berlin Community from 1933-1938.

Dates: 1933-1938