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  • Leo Baeck Institute New York  (33)
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    [Memoirs by Peter Schrag, MD], (2005-2017)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 33 + 23 + 101 typescript pages + , digital files.
    Additional Material: one photograph :
    Edition: Digital Image New York, NY Leo Baeck Institute 2018 DigiBaeck
    Year of publication: 2005-2017
    Keywords: Schrag, Ilse, ; Szamatolski, Else, ; Jewish families ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Manners and customs 1918-1933. ; Manners and customs Nineteen forties. ; Physicians. ; Berlin (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs ; Finding aids.
    Abstract: This is a collection of three essays by Dr. Peter Schrag about his family, documenting in selected details his family's transition from being refugees from Nazi Germany to being Americans. A short essay, “We were once refugees”, is followed by “Oma”, reminiscences about his grandmother Else Szamatolski, and by “My mother and me”, selected memories of his mother Ilse Szamatolski-Preiss-Schrag.
    Abstract: The following names are mentioned: Breitenbach, Joseph; Brunell, Albert (born 1934 in Cologne); Brunell, Susi (1901-1986); Goldhaber, Maurice; Goldschmidt, Lucien; Goldhaber family; Lowenstein, Edith; Marum-Lunau, Elisabeth; Samton, Claude (born 1933 in Berlin); Samton, Peter (born 1935 in Berlin); Szamatolski , Albert (1868- ); Szamatolski , Hans (later Henry Samton, 1906-2003).
    Description / Table of Contents: We were once refugees : Reminiscences, family lore, reflections, and related residua.
    Description / Table of Contents: Oma
    Description / Table of Contents: My mother and me : Selected memories of my mother, Ilse Szamatolski-Preiss-Schrag (1910-1997)
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    The Nickelsburg family : A historical sketch. (2014)
    Rio de Janeiro :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 168 , privat print (digital form).
    Year of publication: 2014
    Keywords: Nickelsburg family. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Brazil. ; Koblenz (Germany) ; Mecklenburg (Germany : Region) ; United States. ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogical tables
    Abstract: This is an illustrated history of a German Jewish family from Nikolsburg in Moravia, reaching back to ca. 1675, and following its genealogy through a number of German cities, such as Teterow, Schwerin, Gnoien, and Ribnitz in Mecklenburg; as well as Berlin and Koblenz, to the U.S. and Brazil.
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    falk valentin grinfeld v’mapel hiio. (2012)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 36 , digital file.
    Year of publication: 2012
    Keywords: Grünfeld, Falk Valentin, ; Grünfeld, Heinrich, ; Friendship. ; Industrialists Biography. ; Textile industry. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Kamienna Góra (Województwo Dolnośląskie, Poland) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1938. ; Silesia. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Hebrew translation of “Falk Valentin Gruenfeld und sein Werk” from a privately printed edition, Berlin 1934, by Joel Freudenberg.
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    Briefwechsel zwischen Dr. Friedrich Kapp und Dr. Eduard Cohen : 1856-1884. (2004)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 626 + 4 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2004
    Keywords: Cohen, Eduard, ; Kapp, Friedrich, ; Liberalism ; Liberalism History 19th century. ; Politicians. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Hamburg (Germany) ; New York (N.Y.) ; Correspondence ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: Four boxed volumes of transcriptions of the correspondence between Eduard Cohen and Friedrich Kapp.
    Abstract: Also included are transcripts by Guenther Roth of two letters from Friedrich Kapp, Berlin 1883.
    Note: Originals are on deposit at the Bundesarchiv Koblenz , German
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    The letters 1938-1945 : The Grunwalds' journey from oppression to freedom. (2004)
    Sacramento, CA :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 320 pages : , typescript; illustrated +
    Additional Material: appendix.
    Year of publication: 2004
    Keywords: Sommer, Susanne (née Grunwald) ; Grunwald, Max. ; Grundwald, Marga (née Saloschin) ; Lewinson, Paul. ; Lewinson, Jean. ; Grunwald, Hugo. ; Segall, Dora (née Saloschin) ; Jewish families Correspondence. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Visas ; Berlin (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Philippines Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: The bulk of the correspondence is between Susanne Sommer's parents, Max and Marga Grunwald, and their sponsors in the United States, Paul and Jean Lewinson. Also included are letters from Susanne Sommer's maternal grandparents prior to their deportation from Berlin in 1942 and from her paternal grandfather prior to and after his deportation from Stettin to a ghetto in Poland. Also included are a number of letters by Hugo Grunwald, Susanne Sommer's uncle, who joined the British army after his immigration to England.
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    Reply for Albert : a family chronic. (2003)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 21 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2003
    Keywords: Hepner, Enrique. ; Hepner, Kaethe. ; Hepner family. ; Jewish refugees ; Jews Persecution ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Jewish lawyers ; Berlin (Germany) ; Chile Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: This is the story of the Hepner family from Germany – the lawyer Enrique Hepner; Kaethe née Halberstam; and their children Klaus, Ernst and Lore – who were forced to emigrate in 1939.
    Note: English
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    History of the families Valentin-Loewen and Manheimer-Behrend. (2003)
    Los Angeles, CA :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 83 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2003
    Keywords: Abraham family. ; Behrend family. ; Loewen family. ; Manheimer family. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogical tables ; Genealogy
    Abstract: Translated into English by Gary Storch; transcribed and edited by Barbara Storch, published by Peter Lattey. Includes CD of Bruno Valentin's daughter, Hedi Lattey, reading the translation.
    Note: German original in LBI library (q CS 629 V25 V3) , See also Valentin Family Collection (AR 3818) , English
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    Growing up in Germany. (2002)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 6 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2002
    Keywords: Opel family. ; Liechtenstein family. ; Families ; Intermarriage. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Journalists ; Political persecution 1933-1945. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Berlin (Germany) ; New Zealand Emigration and immigration. ; Paris (France) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs are a recorded document of an interview conducted in September 2002. Description of family background. Her father Fritz Opel was a journalist from a non-Jewish family, her mother Else, née Liechtenstein came from a large Jewish family in Berlin. Her father was killed shortly after her birth during World War One. Recollections of early childhood in Berlin, where Marianne and her older brother Fritz lived with their widowed mother in modest circumstances. Summer vaccations in the family’s country house in the Riesengebirge. Marianne attended a boarding school in Letzlingen. After her graduation she dismissed her dream to become a doctor and accepted a position as a secretary in order to help supporting her family. Rising of Nazi movement. Her brother was arrested for political activities and served three years in jail. After his release he immedeatly left Germany and escaped to Switzerland. Marianne received a permit as a domestic help for New Zealand and emigrated in 1939.
    Note: English
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    [The divorce of my parents ...]. (2002)
    New York, NY :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 34 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2002
    Former Title: Untitled
    Keywords: Bendheim family. ; Friedländer, Adolf. ; Jüdischer Kulturbund. ; Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) ; Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Concentration camps Intellectual life. ; Divorce. ; Dressmakers. ; Emigration and immigration Official documents. ; Jewish refugees. ; Jews Intellectual life 1933-1945. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Life in hiding. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Marriage. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Women authors. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Deggendorf (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration Nineteen forties. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources
    Abstract: Several short memoirs written by Margot Friedlaender. Recollections of her childhood shadowed by the divorce of her parents. School years during the Nazi time in Germany. Margot started an apprenticeship to become a dressmaker in a salon. Circumstances of life in Nazi Germany and recollections of Kristallnacht. Position with the Jewish "Kulturbund". In 1941 the "Kulturbund" was closed by the Nazi authorities and Margot was forced to work in a factory. Fervent attempts to emigrate failed. In 1943 her mother and brother were deported to Auschwitz. Margot went into hiding. Experiences of life in underground. After her discovery in 1944 she was fortunate to be deported to Theresienstadt, where she met a former colleague from the Kulturbund, Adolf Friedlaender. They both managed to survive and were liberated by the Russian army. They got married in Theresienstadt in June of 1945. After a year in the DP Camp Deggendorf, they finally left for New York in June of 1946.
    Note: English , Synopsis in file
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    Lecture given at the Goethe Institut San Francisco. (2001)
    San Francisco :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 17 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Rathenau, Walther, ; Antisemitism. ; Education, Higher. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Education, Secondary. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Women authors. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Heidelberg (Germany) ; Paris (France) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The lecture was held at the Goethe Institute in San Francisco. Description of life in Berlin in the 1920s. Childhood in an assimilated well-to-do Jewish family the Weimar Republic. Her father was a lawyer and editor of the "Vossische Zeitung", who had his office in the front part of the apartment. Her mother a devoted singer who performed occasionally at the "Singakademie". Recollections of Sunday morning walks and visits to the museum at the center of the town. Earliest memories of food shortages during World War One. Private lessons in the aftermath of the war. Summer vacations in the German and Swiss Alps. Birth of her younger brother in 1921. Visits at her grandparents together with her older sister Irene. Memories of Christmas celebrations with family gatherings. Celebration of the Jewish holidays with her maternal grandparents, who were devoted orthodox Jews. Recollection of the assassination of Walter Rathenau in 1922, which made her aware of the undercurrent antisemitism. Her father became an active member of the Democratic party and was elected alderman (Stadtrat) of the city of Berlin in 1928. Description of the vibrating cultural life of Berlin. Eleanor attended the Auguste Viktoria Realgymnasium, an all-girls school preparing for university. Recollection of teachers and schoolmates. Theater and concerts. Private dance classes. Summer vacation in England to improve her English skills in 1931. Eleanor passed her final exams in 1932 and started to study medicine at the university in Heidelberg. Rising antisemitism and political unrest. With Hitler becoming Chancellor of Germany in 1933 Jewish students were soon expelled from university. Soon thereafter Eleanor left Germany for Paris.
    Note: See also "Eleanor Alexander Collection" (AR 6414), and four other memoirs by Eleanor Alexander: ME 995, Me 1071, Me 1107, Me 1113 , English , Synopsis in file
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    Poldi's memoirs : [1883-1958]. (2001)
    Maplewood, N.J. :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 73 , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Moskiewicz, Else, ; Hirschfeld, Rahel. ; Hirschfeld family. ; Samolewitz, Moritz (Moshe), ; Samolewitz, Leopold, ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Lawyers. ; World War, 1914-1918 Military life. ; Education, Primary. ; Education, Secondary. ; Education, Higher. ; Families. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Antisemitism. ; Social classes. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1930s. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Translation from the original German by Leopold's son Harvey W. Samo, formerly Hans Werner Samolewitz, and his wife Eva Samo, née Isaac-Krieger.
    Abstract: The memoirs of Leopold Samolewitz were written during 1956 to 1958 in Jerusalem. Reflections on the author's identity as a German-Jewish emigre. Description of life in Imperial Germany at the turn-of-the century. Relationship between social classes and gender roles. Reflections on the Jewish community in Berlin and the differences between Eastern and Western Jews. Jewish influence on the cultural life in Berlin. Reflections on antisemitism. German Jewish life in a Christian surroundings. Reflections on his religious standing. History of German Jews and emancipation.
    Abstract: Description of his father's orthodox family background. Moritz Samolewitz was born 1840 in Gollub, a small town between Russia and Poland, where Jewish life was restricted. He moved to Berlin with his wife Rahel and they struggled to make a living. Birth of their children Isidor, Georg, Martha and Leopold. Description of the author's childhood in an orthodox Jewish home. His parents established a shoe and clothing business. Recreation at the spas of Bad Teplitz and Bad Kissingen. Living conditions in a working-class neighborhood. At age 6 Leopold attended the religious school of Israel Hildesheimer. Recollections of his Bar Mitzvah. He was enrolled in the Humbold Gymnasium. After some antisemitic incidents as the only Jewish student at school Leopold transferred to the Sophien Gymnasium, where he graduated in 1902. He enrolled at university as a law student. Recollections of the author's encounter with antisemitism as a student. He was a member of the student fraternity "Freie Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung". Military service with the "Garde Regiment" in Bavaria. In 1912 he married his fiance Else Moskiewicz, who was a passionate art collector. The couple had two sons. Leopold served and was wounded during World War One. During his thriving career as a lawyer he was offered a position as a judge on the condition to be baptized, which he refused. During the night of the November pogrom in 1938 he was hidden with his wife at the house of a German family and spared deportation. In 1939 he left Germany with his wife and they emigrated to Palestine, where their son Kurt had established himself. Leopold Samolewitz took classes in Hebrew, English as well as British and Jewish law and passed the bar examination to start working again at age 58. Addendum: Completions of his son Harvey W. Samo (Hans Werner Samolewitz) on his father's life.
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    My family history / (2001)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 386 , 386 pages + 13 page index : , bound typescript, illustrations, portraits , bound typescript, illustrations, portraits
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Rideamus, ; Meyer (Family : ; Oliven (Family : ; Reifen (Family : ; Schottländer (Family : ; Textile industry History. ; Grain trade History. ; Zionism History ; Hannover (Germany) ; Silesia. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Brazil Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; History ; Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) ; Manuscripts. ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogy
    Abstract: Chronicle divided into sections on the Oliven, Schottländer, and Meyer families from the 18th through the 20th centuries as well as an autobiographical memoir by Klaus Oliven.
    Abstract: The manuscript is richly illustrated in full color, including several family photographs and portraits as well as reproductions of documents. The manuscript is divided into sections on each family, and then further subdivided into topical headings and short biographies of individual family members; some family tree diagrams are also included. For the most part the tone is rather more like a memoir, as Oliven offers his recollections of anecdotes from the lives of members of his extended family. Longer sections are devoted to Klaus Oliven's immediate family, including his father Fritz Oliven, who was known as the humorist and librettist Rideamus. There is also a section on the family of his wife Seldi Reifen.
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    "... und half mir mit Gottes Hilfe selbst" : ein Lebensbericht von Erna Huth (2001)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 69 pages : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Böhm, Agnes. ; Böhm, Alexander. ; Neumann, Erna. ; Antisemitism. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Life in hiding. ; Intermarriage. ; Jewish families. ; Jews Persecutions 1933-1945. ; Journalists. ; Secretaries. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs of Erna Huth were recorded by her nephew Michael Weber in 1993. Childhood in an assimilated Jewish family. Erna Huth's father was an architect who made his living as a journalist and writer. Recollections of Christmas celebrations. Erna graduated from Lyceum (high school) in 1911. Her plans to continue her studies were not granted. She started to work in her father's publishing company. Death of her mother in 1928. Nazi-takeover in Germany in 1933. Sudden dismissal from her position as a secretary due to her Jewish heritage. Increasing discrimination by former colleagues and acquaintances. Difficulties of her father to continue his profession as a journalist and editor. Emigration of her younger brothers Gerhard and Georg. Attempts to obtain exit permits for the United States and England, which only arrived after the beginning of the war. Erna and her sister Agnes were stuck in Berlin together with their father. Erna started to work at the Jewish welfare and youth department of the Jewish community. Position at an insurance company. Increased anti-Jewish regulations and the constraint to wear the yellow star. Erna's sister Agnes worked as a housekeeper at a Jewish family. Marriage of Agnes with the considerably older Alexander Boehm in 1941. Deportation of Agnes and Alexander Boehm to the Ghetto of Lodz. Diminishment of Erna's friends and relatives, who either emigrated or were subject to deportation. Support of her superior. Life in hiding. Refuge at houses of friends. Constant fear of discovery. Difficulties to obtain food stamps. Position as a nurse for an elderly lady provided her with a new identity and a place to stay. End of the war and liberation. Reunion with her relatives.
    Abstract: Addendum: Reflections by Michael Weber, Documents, Letters, Historic Chronology, Family Tree, Bibliography
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    Erich Drucker collection : diaries, essays, memoirs and poems, (1918-1980)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 1 linear foot : , 22 folders.
    Year of publication: 1918-1980
    Keywords: Mühsam, Erich, ; Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. ; Oranienburg (Concentration camp) ; Anti-Nazi movement. ; Apartment houses. ; Bookstores. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish refugees. ; Poetry. ; Political persecution 1933-1945. ; World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. ; Youth movements. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Lisbon (Portugal) ; New York (N.Y.) ; Paris (France) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vermont. ; Manuscripts. ; Autobiographies ; Diaries ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs ; Finding aids.
    Abstract: Various manuscripts by Erich Drucker from the Erich Drucker Collection and the LBI Memoirs Collection
    Note: Microfilmed on MM 18, MM 19, MM 20 , German , Finding aid available online.
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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.
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    [Die Tagebuecher von Martin Hauser], (1929-1951)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 1,602 pages : , handwritten notebooks.
    Year of publication: 1929-1951
    Keywords: Dachau (Concentration camp) ; Great Britain. ; World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations ; World War, 1939-1945 Civilian relief. ; World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives. ; Zionism German. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Israel History. ; Palestine. ; Diaries ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: 11 diaries of Martin Hauser. Description of his life in Berlin and in Palestine where he arrived in 1933. He writes about the history of the founding of Israel. The focus of the diaries are events which happened during World War 2.
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuch I, 1929
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuch II, 1930 (2 vols.)
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuch III, 1931 (2 vols.)
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuch IV, 1932-1934
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuch V, 1934-1940
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuch VI, 1940-1942
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuch VII, 1942-1943
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuch VIII, 1943-1944 in German; 1946-1951 in English
    Note: 1946-1951 in English
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    Vierzehn Jahre Not und Schrecken : [Zur Geschichte der Reichsvertretung, 1933-1947]. (1933-1947)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 120 pages (double space) / 19 pages + 37 pages (single space) : , typewritten (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1933-1947
    Keywords: Jüdisches Krankenhaus (Berlin, Germany) ; Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland, Berlin (1933-1943) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Personal narratives ; Hospitals. ; Jews Intellectual life. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: After describing his life in Berlin until 1935 and his emigration to Prague, Blau gives a detailed account of the Jewish hospital in Berlin during the last war years. He also mentions the last remnants of Jewish life in Germany and the fate of some members of the Reichsvertretung.
    Abstract: Account of establishment and internal conflicts of the Reichsvertretung; contains numerous copies of official letters and minutes.
    Note: Available also on microfilm MF 39 , German
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    Memorabilien, (1937-1944)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 50 pages (1 1/2 space) : , Typewritten manuscript + handwritten manuscript (photocopies).
    Year of publication: 1937-1944
    Keywords: Deutsch, Hugo. ; Deutsch, Emanuel Oscar Menahem. ; Böhm, Gustav. ; Böhm, Simon. ; Deutsch family. ; Boehm family ; Preuss, Hugo, ; Gesellschaft der Freunde (Berlin, Germany) ; Draft before 1871. ; Grain trade. ; Jewish families Genealogy. ; Lawyers. ; Orientalists. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: History of Simon Boehm grain trade; short biographies of orientalist Emanuel Oscar Menahem Deutsch and Gustav Boehm and information on other members of Deutsch-Boehm families; Gustav Boehm's business and his engagement in "Gesellschaft der Freunde"; obituary of Hugo Deutsch by Hugo Preuss.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    [Diaries], (1899-1943)
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    Language: German
    Year of publication: 1899-1943
    Keywords: Theater critics. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Diaries ; Biographical sources
    Description / Table of Contents: REEL MM 93:
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Diaries
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Diaries 1899
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 3: Notes and letters
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 4: Diary 1902
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 5: Diary 1903
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 6: Diary 1904
    Description / Table of Contents: REEL MM 94:
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 7: Diaries, 1907, 1908
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 8: 1935 (incl. several address books)
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 9: 1938
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 10: 4th quarter 1939, 3rd quarter 1939, 1st quarter 1939, 2nd quarter 1939
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 11: 1943
    Note: German
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    Jacob Plaut Interview Disc, (1930-1940)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 1 aluminum phonographic disc.
    Edition: Digitization YIVO Sound Archives LBI 2010 October 08 Digital file generated from compact disc transfer
    Year of publication: 1930-1940
    Former Title: Jacob Plaut Family Collection Interview Disc
    Keywords: Plaut, Jacob. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Fryeburg (Me.) ; Oral histories ; Sound recordings. ; Biographical sources
    Abstract: Private press aluminum phonographic record sent to Jakob Plaut in Berlin by his sons Günther and Walter in Maine, United States, on his 58th birthday with their birthday wishes and an interview. Each side is only a few minutes long.
    Abstract: Side 1: 'Walter's birthday greeting'
    Abstract: Side 2: 'An interview (We went for a walk)'
    Note: German
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    Geschichte der Familie Nothmann. (1939)
    Den Haag :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 293 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1939
    Keywords: Bernhard family. ; Lustig family. ; Nothmann family. ; Nothmann, Simon. ; Schneider family. ; Christian converts from Judaism. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Jewish families. ; Jews Emancipation. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Jews History. ; Marriage. ; Lawyers. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Wrocław (Poland) ; Gliwice (Poland) ; Netherlands Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: Recollections about Friedrich Nothmann and family histories of the Nothmann, Lustig, Schneider, Bernhard families.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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    Erlebnisse eines "Schutzhaeftlings" in einem Konzentrationslager des Dritten Reichs waehrend der Monate November-Dezember 1938. / (1939)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 25 pages (1.5 space) : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1939
    Keywords: Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp) ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Recollection of the 1938 November Pogrom, arrestation and experiences in the concentration camp Sachsenhausen.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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    Unsere Familiengeschichte : [1800-1939]. (1939)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 207 , typewritten manuscript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1939
    Keywords: Hadra family. ; Lesser family. ; Assimilation. ; Business enterprises. ; Christian converts from Judaism. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Marriage. ; Merchants. ; Physicians. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: History of the Hadra and Lesser families reaching back to the 18th century; grandparents were orthodox Jews in Prenzlau (Mark Brandenburg); father was a wealthy metal merchant in Berlin; mother had to take over the business after the father's early death; the author and most of his siblings converted to Christianity; some of them married into aristocratic families; Hadra wrote this family history in September/December 1939 in Berlin for his daughter who had emigrated to the USA. Contains photographs (copies) of relatives.
    Note: Brief summary in Max Kreutzberger: "Leo Baeck Institute New York, Bibliothek und Archiv; Katalog": C 148 , Available on microfilm , German
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    Ahnentafel meiner Freunde der Brueder Dr. med. Walter und Gerhard Luft. (1938)
    Berlin :1938,
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    Language: German
    Pages: 44 , bound tyepscript.
    Year of publication: 1938
    Keywords: Luft, Walter, ; Luft, Gerhard, ; Luft family. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Physicians ; Physicians ; Berlin (Germany) ; Prussia, West (Poland) ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogical tables
    Abstract: Luft family tree since 1775
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    Die Synagogen Verbrennung. (1938)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 6 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1938
    Keywords: Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: Article written 30 days after Kristallnacht
    Note: German
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    Meine letzten Jahre in Deutschland : 1933-1938, (1933-1938)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 4 folders.
    Year of publication: 1933-1938
    Keywords: Baeck, Leo, ; Brodnitz, Julius, ; Hirschberg, Alfred, ; Hirschland, Georg. ; Stahl, Friedrich Julius, ; Centralverein Deutscher Staatsbürger Jüdischen Glaubens. ; Preussischer Landesverband Jüdischer Gemeinden. ; Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden. ; Jewish leadership. ; Jews Intellectual life 1933-1945. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Lawyers. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Zionism. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Essen (Germany) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1938. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs ; Finding aids.
    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.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1: Final version, 49 + 2 + 3 pages.
    Description / Table of Contents: 2: Version edited by Alfred Hirschberg, 44 pages.
    Description / Table of Contents: 3: Two almost identical draft versions, 66 + 66 pages.
    Description / Table of Contents: 4: Correspondence, notes, clippings.
    Note: Available on microfilm , Synopsis in file , Inventory available online.
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    Ismar Elbogen's correspondence to R.R. Geis, (1920-1938)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 96 items : , part of reel.
    Year of publication: 1920-1938
    Keywords: Geis, Robert Raphael, ; Rabbis. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Correspondence
    Abstract: 64 letters and 32 postcards from Ismar Elbogen to Robert Raphael Geis.
    Note: German
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    [Predigt zu Rosch Haschono 5699 1938...]. (1938)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 7 , 7 pages
    Year of publication: 1938
    Keywords: Jewish sermons. ; Jews Persecutions 1933-1945. ; Judaism Persecutions 1933-1945. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Manuscripts. ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: This collection contains two sermons by an unknown writer in an unknown location in Germany. The sermons are entitled "Predigt zu Jaum Kippur. 1938 5699" and "Predigt zu Rosch Haschono 5699 1938". The sermons discuss Jewish religious principles in the context of the difficult circumstances of 1938.
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    Lebensgeschichte des Moses Röhmann : Märk. Friedland 1815 - Berlin 1895. (1937)
    [Berlin] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 157 pages (double space) : , bound typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1937
    Keywords: Röhmann, Moses. ; Country life. ; Merchants. ; Public welfare. ; Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. ; Voyages and travels. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany History Revolution, 1848-1849. ; Pomerania (Poland and Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Transcript of an original text, written 1881-1895.
    Abstract: Childhood in rural Jewish atmosphere; apprenticeship as merchant; move to Berlin; independent merchant; comments on political events (Revolution of 1848-1849, Franco-Prussian War); detailed descriptions of journeys to France, Switzerland and Italy; contributions to Jewish social welfare.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Tagebuecher, (1905-1937)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 52 folders.
    Year of publication: 1905-1937
    Keywords: Meyer, Heinrich, ; Authors. ; Manners and customs 20th century. ; Poets. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: This series consists of Ernst Lissauer's diaries from 1905, when he was 22 years old, until 1937, the year of his death. Five diaries are lost: three diaries (24-26) from the end of August 1918 to the beginning of March 1919 and two diaries (43-44) in 1933. The diaries contain daily entries. Lissauer recorded whom he met and what he did during the day. Included are also some essays, poems, photographs, programs and illustrations.
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuecher, 1905-1906 (on MM 121)
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuecher, 1906-1915 (on MM 122)
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuecher, 1915-1921 (on MM 123)
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuecher, 1920, 1922-1928 (on MM 124)
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuecher, 1925-1926, 1928-1934 (on MM 125)
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuecher, 1934-1937 (on MM 126)
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuecher, 1937 (on MM 127)
    Note: German
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    Blaetter der Erinnerung an Dr. Moritz Loevinson : zum 50. Todestage 17. Mai 1937 (1937)
    Berlin :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 29 pages (1 1/2 space) : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1937
    Keywords: Lövinson family. ; Antisemitism. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jewish families Foundations. ; Jews Genealogy. ; Physicians. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Gdańsk (Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Various materials pertaining to Moritz Loevinson (1820-1887) collected and printed by the Moritz Loevinson family foundation in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his death. It contains several texts by Moritz Loevinson himself: extracts from letters to his younger brother Siegfried (1829-1907) written during the early 1840s, two articles for the "Zeitung fuer die elegante Welt" from 1842, one of them dealing with anti-Semitism in German society particularly in the Prussian army, and several poems.
    Abstract: Furthermore, short memoirs about Moritz Loevinson are included written by his nephews and niece Martin Loevinson (1859-1930), Emil Loevinson (1860- ), Johanna Meyer née Loevinson (1874-1958), and Heinrich Hersch (1861-1938).
    Abstract: Attached is an extract from Moritz Loevinson's will and statutes of the family foundation. Several photographs and an obituary of Moritz Levinson are added.
    Note: Available on microfilm MM 51; copy on MF 42(17) , German
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    Meine Lebenserinnerungen, (1936)
    Wannsee :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 69 pages (double space) : , Typewritten manuscript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1936
    Keywords: Breker, Arno, ; Liebermann, Max, ; Matisse, Henri, ; Art Collectors and collecting. ; Industrialists. ; Iron tube industry. ; Voyages and travels. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Gliwice (Poland) ; Palestine. ; Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of business career in tube industry; interest in art and acquisition of large private art collection; personal friendship with the painter Max Liebermann; encounter with Henri Matisse and the sculptor Arno Breker; journey to Palestine in 1935.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Mein Leben : Was in ihm geschah und wie ich es erlebte. (1935)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 78 pages (single space) : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1935
    Keywords: Centralverein Deutscher Staatsbürger Jüdischen Glaubens. ; Education, Higher. ; Lawyers. ; Public welfare. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Poznań (Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Ancestors from Posen; youth in Posen; university study in Berlin; revolution of 1918/1919 in Posen; participation in German Volksrat; move to Berlin; activities as a lawyer and Centralverein representative.
    Note: Available on microfilm , Copy on MF 212 , German
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