Archival materials

The collection contains various materials pertaining to the lives and writings of Elijahu and Sara Rappeport. The majority of the collection is dedicated to Elijahu's writings about Zionism, religion, poetry, and more. The file also includes correspondence, clippings, certificates, and some photographs.

The collection is organized in four series. Series I contains writings and publications by and about Elisabeth Freund about her personal life as well her work for the blind. There are several version of her manuscript "Zwangsarbeit Berlin 1941", which was published in 1996. She also wrote about her great-great-uncle, Julius R. Friedlaender, and published a book on home improvement for women in 1930. The series also contains her extensive writings, published and unpublished, on working with the blind, as well as publications and clippings about her and her work at the Overbrook School for the Blind. There are also several legal publications by Rudolf Freund. Series II: Correspondence contains both personal and professional correspondence by Elisabeth Freund, correspondence of her daughters Clare Freund and Ursula Goebel regarding her mother's work, and correspondence with the Leo Baeck Institute regarding the donation of Elisabeth Freund's papers. Series III: Photographs contains mainly images used in Elisabeth Freund's professional publications. The collection also contains a longhand writing device and workbooks developed by Elisabeth Freund (Series IV).

The collection consists of photo albums, photos, private and legal documents, private correspondence, and correspondence and documents regarding the reparation claims members of the Blum family after the emigration.

Emigration 1864-1952: This collection - encompassing about 90 years - contains papers about the situation and persecution of Jews in Eastern European countries (Russia, Poland, Roumania, Bulgaria, Lithuania). Papers describe the activities of various relief organizations. There are more than 170 papers (ca.900 pages), about half of them written in German, about 30 each in French or English, over 20 in Yiddish and some in Polish. A printed appeal of the Reichsausschuss fuer Russisch-Juedische Fluechtlingshilfe, Berlin (1929) carries among others the signatures of Leo Baeck and ALbert Einstein. (VI, 16).

Bulk dates for Series III are 1927-1968.

The Photographs and Ephemera series contains the photographs that did not logically fall into any of the folders in Series I or II; other photographs may be found in Series I and II .

Folder 2/15 contains loose photographs, mostly identified, both before and after World War II. It includes members of Stein and Marcus families, and photographs of the exterior of the Stein’s home in London, 1939-1940. Pictured in color are photographs of the exterior of the Stein’s apartment while living in London, 1939-1940.

Folder 2/16 contains photographs that were removed from a binder album in their existing order within the binder sleeves. There are photographs of family members in Germany before WWII labeled “1939”; of the Stein family home interior before leaving Berlin in 1939; and of Stein family visits to Germany after the war of exteriors of former homes and cemeteries where family is buried. Folder 2/17 consists of a leather-bound photo album dated 1927-1928, in French, by an unknown creator.

Folder 2/18 holds stamps and first day covers, predominantly in Hebrew.

The file contains documents pertaining to the connection between the Hebrew Teachers Union, represented by Ephraim Ginsberg, and the German Teachers Union (Arbeitgemeinschaft Deutscher Lehrerverbände), and comprises two folders.

This collection contains original official documents pertaining to two brothers, Ephraim Salomon Unger (1789-1870) and David Salomon Unger (1801- ), both renowned mathematicians in Germany in the 19th century. Also included are photocopies of documents pertaining to both brothers as well as members of their family.

Book reviews; clippings; curriculum vitae, slides, manuscripts, musical scores, correspondence, etc.

The collection is composed of personal documents of Erich Ahrens and various manuscripts and translations.

Series I contains vital documents of Ernst and Olga Waldmann as well as documents pertaining to their immigration from Vienna, Austria to the United States. Also included are Ernst Waldmann’s papers pertaining to his military service in WW I, documents about his education and career in Vienna, as well as ephemera.

The collection contains diaries and other private and business related documents of the businessman Ernest A. Grunsfeld and his family, 1894-1927.

Photographs (photocopies) and clippings pertaining to the author Ernest W. Michel.

Clippings; photos; obituaries; article by Bloch: "Heimat und Friede" on patriotism.

The bulk of the collection consists of materials for a critical edition of a prayer book for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, "Mahzor Ashkenaz" from the late 1960s. Also included are correspondence with the Leo Baeck Institute, 1956-1972; correspondence with Max Gruenewald, 1958-1972; as well as accompanying documents.

Correspondence of Feder and his wife, Erna Feder (nee Zobel), with individuals and institutions, including Julius Bab, Moritz Julius Bonn, Erich Dombrowski, Manfred George, Kurt Grossmann, Ernst Hamburger, Gustav Heinemann, Theodor Heuss, Alfred Hirschberg, Bernhard Kahn, Kindler Verlag, Guido Kisch, Paul Loebe, Henry Morgenthau Jr., Ina Seidel, Ernst Simon, Fritz von Unruh, Bruno Weil, Robert Weltsch, Alfred Wiener, Theodor Wolff, Egmont Zechlin, Leon Zeitlin, Frederike Zweig, and Stefan Zweig.

Documents relating to restitution for denied public education in the 1930s for Ernst (Ernest) H. Picard, such as his report card, a copy of his birth certificate, his Harvard medical school diploma (photocopy) and correspondence; 1935 - 1968. Also included are three dissertations required for medical degrees in Germany of Ernst Picard’s father Julius Picard (Heidelberg, circa 1920); Julius Picard’s father Hermann Picard (Strassburg, 1895); and Julius Picard’s father in law Isidor Dreyfuss (Strassburg, 1893).

The file contains various documents pertaining to Ernst Hermann and comprises two folders.

Manuscripts, correspondence, emigration documents, clippings.

Correspondence on various topics, including emigration to the United States and Cuba; relocation in academic jobs; denazification and conditions in Germany after the war; and Kantorowicz's scholarship. Unpublished manuscripts, and offprints of articles and reviews by Kantorowicz, largely on medieval cultural history; a brief biography of him by Ralph Giesey. Manuscripts, correspondence, legal briefs, clippings, and other material on the loyalty-oath controversy; material on Kantorowicz's tenure at the University of Frankfurt, and on his dismissal. Manuscripts, correspondence, and other papers of family members; an art history essay by Gertrude Kantorowicz and a pamphlet of poetry from Theresienstadt; genealogies; and a manuscript on Simon Kaliphari of Posen; manuscript by Kaete Ledermann, A Memorial of Angi ("Esther") Kantorowicz, c. 1904-1944, 1954, including transcript compiled by Guenther Roth. Photos of Kantorowicz and of family members. Papers of Richard Kandt (1867-1918), an African explorer and, from 1908-1914, administrator of Ruanda: poems, letters, maps, and obituaries. Addenda: Original lectures by Kantorowicz. Photocopies for reader service.

The collection contains three circumcision registers (Mohelbuecher) with some entries from Prague, 1816 and Baiersdorf, 1819 and mostly from Munich, 1826-1885. In addition there is a ‘Memorbuch’ from Fuerth, Bavaria.

The collection contains various materials pertaining to Ernst Marckowicz.

Personal documents and professional certificates pertaining to Dr. Ernst Mueller

Diverse Restitution claims of Ernest Wertheimer and several member of his family (his wife Ruth, his mother Selma, his mother-in-law Alice Wertheimer nee Falkenstein, his son Stephen - his wife's sister Liesel Wertheimer. These claims are directed partly against the German Reich and various German states' authorities, partly against private parties, they are based on a variety of reasons to demand compensation: loss of property (e.g. business, real estate), "Berufs- und Ausbildungsschaden", emigration expenses and loss of Umzugsgut. The claims and related correspondence cover a period of over 20 years (1946-66). The family's attorney throughout the entire proceedings was a New York City (formerly German) lawyer, Dr. Hans Strauss.

The first folder contains essays and manuscripts written by Loewenson, as well as his letters written to the heads of various Zionist organizations (e.g., Keren Hayesod) during the 1920s. Also included are reminiscences about Erwin Loewenson. The second folder contains newspaper articles written by Loewenson.

The collection contains various documents pertaining to research conducted by Esriel Hildesheimer and comprises 14 folders.

The bulk of the collection consists of letters to Esriel Hildesheimer\ and others from various individuals, mostly rabbis in Germany, Austria-Hungary, Palestine, Eastern Europe, and the United States, and institutions, including Akiba Lehren, David Neimann, Simcha Bunem Sofer, Yeshiva Etz-Hayyim, Adolf Jellinek, and the Oesterreichisch- Ungarisch- Israelitische Gemeinde, Jerusalem. Approximately one-half of the correspondence is transcribed.

This collection contains genealogical information and documents related to the Esslinger, Bloch, and Leib families from Württemberg, Konstanz and Zurich, as well as Isidor Esslinger who immigrated to the US State of Indiana in the 1850s.

The collection contains contains various materials pertaining to Eugen (Yitzhak) Neter, collected by Shlomo Marcus.

Documents, letters, books, artifacts, and photographs pertaining to Eva Schiller Janusaukas' life in Austria, Sweden and U.S.