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Manuscripts (documents)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

[Jews in Nazi Germany]

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 703
Abstract The file contains various documents pertaining to the situation of the Jews in Nazi Germany, mostly regarding migration, and comprises eight folders.
Dates: 1931-1948, 1961-1968
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / [Jews in Nazi Germany]

Leo Baeck Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25449
Abstract The Leo Baeck Family Collection documents the lives and influential events of members of the Baeck and Berlak families, specifically Leo Baeck, Ruth and Hermann Berlak, and Marianne and A. Stanley Dreyfus. Most prominent is the documentation on Leo Baeck's life; other salient themes include the World War I experience of Hermann Berlak and the Dreyfuses' involvement in preserving the memory of Leo Baeck's life and teachings. The collection includes extensive correspondence; a large accumulation of articles, especially those focused on Leo Baeck; a smaller amount of personal papers, manuscripts, drafts and notes; and a few photographs and slides.
Dates: 1771-2011; Majority of material found in 1914-1956
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Leo Baeck Family Collection

Leopold Levi Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7041
Abstract Leopold Levi was a merchant in Stuttgart. Most of the material in this collection gives information on his activities for Jewish organizations and the Jewish Community in Wuerttemberg. Levi was a member of the Oberrat der Israelitischen Religionsgemeinschaft Wuerttembergs (from 1919 to 1940) and of the Israelitisches Gemeindevorsteheramt. He also was an Oberkirchenvorsteher in the Oberkirchenbehoerde and he was active in the Chewra Kadischa. Furthermore he assisted the Juedische Nothilfe. During the years 1941-1943 he succeeded to immigrate to the United States. He died in 1968 in New York.
Dates: 1833-1986; Majority of material found within 1933-1952
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Leopold Levi Collection

Manfred Saalheimer Collection.

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3616
Abstract The collection contains various documents relating to the Jewish communities in Chemnitz, Dresden and Hamburg in the late 1930s, as well as biographical information and personal documents regarding Manfred Saalheimer (1907-1967), legal representative of the Dresden Jewish community, and Josef Kahn (1881-?), president of the Chemnitz Jewish community. Also included are tributes to Otto Hirsch (1885-1941), president of Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland.
Dates: 1932-1957
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Manfred Saalheimer Collection.

Max Kreutzberger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7183
Abstract This collection contains research material and information on the life of Max Kreutzberger, a former Director of the Leo Baeck Institute (LBI) in New York. A large portion of this collection consists of copies of documents from archives in Europe, Israel, and the United States. There is also information on the Leo Baeck Institute in general, LBI events, and LBI publications. In addition, the collection holds Max Kreutzberger's correspondence, writings, and some personal papers.
Dates: 1848-2001
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Max Kreutzberger Collection

"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
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / "Meine letzten Jahre in Deutschland"

Ottilie Schoenewald Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3896 / MF 622
Abstract Correspondence of Schoenewald with institutions and individuals, including Leo Baeck, Klara Caro, Dora Edinger, Alfred Hirschberg, Selma Jolowicz, Hannah Karminski, Ernst Lowenthal, and Lilli Marx; Manuscripts, clippings, and offprints of articles, lectures, and speeches, by Schoenewald and others, on feminism, social work, the Juedischer Frauenbund, post-World War II Germany, U.S. immigration laws, and denazification; Material on Bertha Pappenheim; Records of the Juedischer Frauenbund; Records of the International Council of Jewish Women; Clippings.
Dates: 1905-1983
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Ottilie Schoenewald Collection

Recha Freier Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 364
Abstract The file contains various documents relating to Recha Freier and her activities in Youth Aliyah in Germany.
Dates: 1940-2001
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Recha Freier Collection

Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 556
Abstract TThe file contains various documents pertaining to the activity of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany (Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland) and comprises three folders.
Dates: 1939-1943
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland Collection

Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 555
Abstract The file contains various documents pertaining to the activity of the Reich Representation of German Jews (Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden) and comprises ten folders.
Dates: 1933-1939, 1945-1983
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden Collection

Shalom Adler-Rudel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 159
Abstract The collection consists of 6 boxes and 46 folders.
Dates: 1918-1974
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Shalom Adler-Rudel Collection

West European Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4099 / MF 356
Abstract This collection contains documents and manuscripts on Alsace-Lorraine, France, and Germany.
Dates: 1691-1941
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / West European Collection

Zentralausschuss der deutschen Juden für Hilfe und Aufbau Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 553
Abstract The file contains various materials pertaining to the activity of the Central Relief Committee (Zentralausschuss der deutschen Juden für Hilfe und Aufbau) of the Reich Representation of German Jews (Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden), and comprises eight folders.
Dates: 1924-1939
Found in: Leo Baeck Institute / Zentralausschuss der deutschen Juden für Hilfe und Aufbau Collection

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