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  • Leo Baeck Institute New York  (12)
  • Jewish Community of Hamburg  (1)
  • 1945-1949  (13)
  • Lawyers.  (9)
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  • 1
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    Walter Breslauer papers, (1928-1970)
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    Pages: 5
    Edition: Digital Image New York, NY Leo Baeck Institute 2018 DigiBaeck
    Year of publication: 1928-1970
    Keywords: Breslauer, Bernhard. ; Jüdische Gemeinde zu Berlin. ; Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim. ; Vereinigung für das Liberale Judentum in Deutschland. ; Jewish leadership. ; Reform Judaism. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Lawyers. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Manuscripts. ; Clippings ; Finding aids.
    Abstract: The bulk of this collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence and clippings that were written and collected by Walter Breslauer in London, touching on his personal and professional memories as an administrative director of the Berlin Jewish community. Also included are items related to Walter Breslauer’s father, Bernhard Breslauer. The papers had been sent to the Leo Baeck Institute New York in 1970.
    Abstract: Also mentioned are Ismar Freund; Georg Kareski; Leo Lilienthal; Abraham Margaliot; Heinrich Stern and others.
    Note: Available also on microfilms MM 12, MM 13, MM 95 , German and some English , Finding aid available online.
    URL: Digital form
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  • 2
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    Ich bin ein Mensch gewesen. (1935-1956)
    Jerusalem :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 2,173 pages (double space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1935-1956
    Keywords: Mühsam, Erich, ; Mühsam, Hans. ; Silbergleit, Arthur, ; Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft. ; Antisemitism. ; Authors. ; Education, Higher. ; Lawyers. ; Jewish families ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Red Cross and Red Crescent. ; Students' societies. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Brandenburg (Germany) ; Chemnitz (Germany) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Görlitz (Görlitz, Germany) ; Israel. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; Zittau (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Family history: father opened clothing store in Brandenburg; bankruptcy and move to Chemnitz where father opened shoe store; visits to uncle in Luebeck; helps in his father's store; move to Zittau (Saxony); description of small orthodox Jewish community of Zittau; anti-Semitism in school; limits of social integration of Jews; Christmas celebration at home; university studies in Freiburg, Munich and Leipzig; Max Weber among his professors; member of "Sozial-wissensschaftliche Vereinigung" and the primarily Jewish student fraternity "Thuringia"; his cousins, the writer and anarchist Erich Muehsam, and the Zionist Hans Muehsam; apprenticeship as lawyer in Mittenwalde; lawyer in Goerlitz; Jewish community of Goerlitz; moves only in Jewish circles; beginnings of his literary career; with beginning of World War I Muehsam became pacifist; in "Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft" and International Red Cross; encounters with Else Lasker-Schueler, Martin Buber and Stefan Zweig; Revolution of 1918-19 and political events of Weimar Germany; after World War I considered himself primarily a writer; literary circles of Weimar Germany; friendship with the writer Arthur Silbergleit; emigration and life in Palestine; last volume on death of his wife and continuation of literary work in Israel.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: vol. 1 (pp. 1-560)
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: vol. 2 (pp. 1-400)
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 3: vol. 2 (pp. 401-811, index)
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 4: vol. 3 (pp. 1-539); vol. 4 (pp. 1-121)
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 5: vol. 5 (pp. 1-130)
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 6: Digest version in 7 parts (162 pages); bibliography of books by Paul Muehsam
    Note: Available on microfilm , Vol. 1 on MM 58 , Vol. 2 on MM 55 - MM 56 , Vol. 3 on MM 56 , Vol. 4 on MM 56 , Vol. 5 on MM 58 , Digest on MM 57 , German , Synopsis in file
    URL: Digital form:
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  • 3
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    Erinnerungen : Aus meinem Leben [1867-1948]. (1948)
    Dornach :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 225 pages : , handwritten manuscript (photocopy) partially almost illegible.
    Year of publication: 1948
    Keywords: Fränkl, Bela, ; Fränkl, Ella (née Gabriel) ; Fränkl, Leopold, ; Fränkl family. ; Education, Secondary 19th century. ; Jewish families. ; Jews ; Lumber trade. ; Soldiers 1871-1914. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Eperjes (Hungary) ; Ružomberok (Slovakia) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Slovakia. ; Switzerland. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written between 1940 and 1948 in Dornach, Switzerland. Fraenkl family history. Description of Jewish life in the 18th and 19th century in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Recollections of the author's childhood in a Jewish family in rural Hungary. His parents were in the lumber business and had a license for selling alcoholic beverages. Description of family and business life. Education in the Jewish Public School of the Neological Jewish Community in Eperjes. Anecdotes of his childhood. Description of the difference between the orthodox and neological Jewish community in Eperjes. Sudden death of his father in 1877 and financial difficulties for the family. Move to Rosenberg, where his relatives had a "lunchtable" for Jewish students from the local gymnasium (high school) and the theological university. His brother Sami went to Vienna to study medicine. Bela attended the Piaristen Gymnasium in Rosenberg, which was led by the Piarist order. Between 1881-1884 he worked as an apprentice in the textile branch. Detailed description of his experiences during his apprenticeship in various places. From 1897-1890 military service in Budapest. In 1892 Bela Fraenkl moved to Vienna, where he worked in the wood and lumber trade. Circle of friends in Cafe Central. Bela managed to establish his own lumber and sawmill business. Marriage with Ella Gabriel in August 1894. The couple lived in the VIII District in Vienna and had three sons (Otto, Fritz, Freddy) and a daughter (Mimi). Death of his mother and other relatives during World War One. Retirement in 1930. Bela Fraenkl emigrated with his family to Switzerland in 1938.
    Note: Available on microfilm , some Hungarian , German and some Hungarian
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  • 4
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    1895-1935 : Als Jude im Dienste von Reich und Staat. (1948)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 200 pages (single space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1948
    Former Title: Als Jude im Dienst von Reich und Staat. 1895-1935
    Keywords: Braun, Otto. ; Deutsche Volkspartei. ; Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden. ; Antisemitism. ; Jews, East European ; Judges. ; Lawyers. ; Statesmen. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Germany Politics and government 1918-1933. ; Munich (Germany) ; Prussia (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Family background; law studies in Berlin and Munich; apprenticeship as lawyer; beginnings of career as judge; editor of "Recht und Wirtschaft"; "Ministerialrat" in Prussian government and involvement in question of East European Jewish immigrants; anti-Semitism in government circles and in the "Deutsche Volkspartei"; Jewish government employees; conflict with Prussian prime minister Otto Braun; minority politics; continuation of government position under Goering; dismissal in 1935; attempts to create central Jewish organization in 1933; contacts with "Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland"; general remarks on Jewish question.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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  • 5
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    Jugenderinnerungen : 1876-1904. (1947)
    Glasgow :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 139 pages (single space) : , typescript (carbon copy); illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1947
    Keywords: Heine, Wolfgang. ; Rehfues family. ; Rosenberg, Neumann. ; Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. ; Children. ; Education, Primary. ; Education, Secondary. ; Education, Higher. ; Jews, East European ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Lawyers. ; Socialism. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Leipzig (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in assimilated Jewish family in Berlin; traditional Jewish life in mother's family of East European background in Leipzig; primary and secondary education; law studies in Berlin and Freiburg; apprenticeship with Social Democratic lawyer Wolfgang Heine; sympathy for Social Democracy and labor unions.
    Abstract: Also included are copies of family trees, family coats of arms; and "Buergerbrief".
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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  • 6
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    Churbn Lettland : Die Vernichtung d. Juden Lettlands (1947)
    München : Selbstverl.
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    Language: German
    Pages: 542 S.
    Year of publication: 1947
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    BD 7100
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    NQ 2360
    Keywords: Geschichte 1941-1945 ; Getto ; Judenvernichtung ; Judenverfolgung ; Geschichte ; Riga ; Lettland ; Erlebnisbericht ; Erlebnisbericht ; Riga ; Getto ; Lettland ; Judenverfolgung ; Geschichte ; Lettland ; Judenvernichtung ; Geschichte 1941-1945
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    Galleries of Memory. (1946)
    [New York, N.Y. (?)],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 407 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1946
    Keywords: Stephen Wise Free Synagogue (New York, NY) ; Jewish way of life. ; Jews ; Merchants. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Alsace (France) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1891. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Detailed description of traditional Jewish life in Alsatian villages in 1870s and 1880s; father's business in spices and notions; economic situation of Alsatian Jews; emigration to USA; first job in New York as errand boy in clothing store; marriage and family life; charitable work for Stephen Wise's Free Synagogue.
    Note: Available on microfilm , Synopsis in file
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  • 8
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    Leben in drei Welten : Lebenserinnerungen 1891-1938 (1946)
    M'kor Haim :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 122 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1946
    Keywords: Ball family. ; Gradenwitz family. ; Loewenhaupt family. ; Mendelsohn family. ; Mosse family. ; Senger family. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Lawyers. ; Voyages and travels. ; Zionism. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Calau (Germany : Landkreis) ; Germany History 1871-1918. ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Family history and reminiscences, written in November and December 1946 in M'kor Haim near Jerusalem.
    Note: German , Table of contents and synopsis in file
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  • 9
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    Familiengeschichte. (1942-1946)
    Santa Branca, Brazil :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 135 + iii pages (single spaced) : , typescript (photocopy); illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1942-1946
    Keywords: Alterthum, Mathilde (née Blumenthal), ; Althertum, Therese, ; Alterthum family. ; Blumenthal family. ; Schönfliess, Friederike, ; Christian converts from Judaism. ; Jews History 19th century. ; Jews History 20th century. ; Jews Persecutions 1933-1945. ; Lawyers. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Brazil Emigration and immigration. ; Eberswalde (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Genealogical tables ; Memoirs
    Abstract: After a description of family history, Willy Alterthum continues to order the chapters chronologically. They are entitled "childhood", "school", "studies and professional preparations; baptizing, engagement, first professional years", "further professional years; World War", "reconstruction", and finally the period from 1929-1939. Emphasis is on World War I, rise of Nazism and professional experiences as a lawyer. Included are copies of photographs, letters, school certificates. There is also a section written by his wife Gertrud. There are eulogies at the end, dedicated to Gertrud Alterthum. Finally, there is a factual report at the end about the population, geography, languages, and general civilisation in Brazil, written by Willy Alterthum in 1946.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
    URL: Digital form
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    Mosaiken. (1945)
    [Tel-Aviv] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 63 pages : , handwritten manuscript + , typescript.
    Additional Material: 63 pages (1 1/2 space) :
    Year of publication: 1945
    Keywords: Authors. ; Lawyers. ; Memory. ; Zionism. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Musings on the collection of personal memories and their subsequent interpretation, such as the author’s childhood; encounters with Arturo Toscanini, Albert Einstein and others; his early attachment to Zionism; etc.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Typescript
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Manuscript
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    [Memoiren] : [1887-1933]. (1945)
    New York, NY :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 953 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1945
    Keywords: Eisner, Kurt, ; Landauer, Gustav, ; Mühsam, Erich, ; Leviné, Eugen. ; Brentano, Lujo, ; Cossmann, Paul Nikolaus, ; Fechenbach, Felix, ; Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. ; Antisemitism. ; Jews, East European ; Lawyers. ; Nazis. ; Socialism. ; World War, 1914-1918 Military life. ; Germany Politics and government 1918-1933. ; Munich (Germany) ; Switzerland Emigration and immigration 1933. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1938. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood and education in Munich; assimilated bourgeois Jewish family; father was a lawyer and titular professor; writer Ludwig Thoma assistant of his father; vacations in Marienbad; military service; university studies in Munich with Lujo Brentano; apprenticeship as lawyer; political interest and joining of SPD; contacts with later Bavarian president Kurt Eisner; as soldier in World War I; diplomatic mission in Tirol during last days of World War I; refused to take part in Bavarian revolution of November 1918, but close contacts with Eisner government; exact account of two Bavarian soviet republics in 1919 and their protagonists (Gustav Landauer, Erich Muehsam, Eugen Levine); Bavarian politics and justice 1919-1933; description of Paul Nikolaus Cossmann and his reactionary journal "Sueddeutsche Monatshefte"; advocate of Eisner's secretary Felix Fechenbach in political trial against accusations by Cossmann; expulsion of East European Jews by Bavarian government 1923; Hitler coup attempt 1923; election campaign March 1933; Nazi takeover of power in Bavaria; dismissal as lawyer; decision to emigrate.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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  • 12
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    Die Familie Stein : und mein Vater. (1945)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 10 + 6 + 269 pages : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1945
    Former Title: Lebenserinnerungen
    Keywords: Stein, Alexander, ; Straus family. ; Baden Grossherzoglicher Oberrat der Israeliten. ; Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden. ; Baden Grossherzoglicher Oberrat der Israeliten. ; Bankers. ; College teachers. ; Lawyers. ; Education, Primary 1871-1918. ; Education, Secondary 1871-1918. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Jewish communities, leadership. ; Jewish families 20th century. ; Jews Intellectual life 1933-1945. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Rabbis ; Zionism. ; Karlsruhe (Germany) ; Switzerland Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Family history starting with father Alexander Stein who was a rabbi in Worms; childhood in traditional Jewish atmosphere; primary and secondary education; university studies in Berlin, Strasbourg and Giessen; legal apprenticeship; marriage to Recha Straus, the daughter of an orthodox Jewish banker in Karlsruhe; domestic life in orthodox Jewish family; children became Zionists and went to Palestine; Jewish communal activities; professional career and contacts with German politicians and church representatives; friendship with Alfred Neumayer and Otto Hirsch and southern German Jewish communal politics; beginnings of Reichsvertretung; visit to Palestine in 1934; emigration to Switzerland.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
    URL: DigiBaeck:
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    A handful of men : Notes of an Auschwitz survivor (1945)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 83 pages (double space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1945
    Keywords: Koopman, Jo, ; Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Westerbork (Concentration camp) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jews ; Netherlands. ; Russia. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Experiences of a Dutch Jew in the concentration camps of Westerbork and Auschwitz; liberation by Russian army; time after liberation in Russia.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English
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