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Leo Baeck memorial lectures, (1958-2015)

Leo Baeck Institute, New York ; Altmann, Alexander, ; Bamberger, Fritz, ; [et al.]

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Language: English

Pages: 57 , publications.

Year of publication: 1958-2015

Keywords: Baeck, Leo, ; Jews, German Lectures and lecturing. ; Lectures and lecturing. ; Manuscripts. ; Publications.

Abstract: The Leo Baeck Institute was founded by representative organizations of Jews from Germany for the purpose of collecting material on and sponsoring research into the history of the Jewish community in Germany and in other German-speaking countries from the Emancipation to its dispersion. The Institute is named in honor of the man who was the last representative figure of German Jewry in Germany during the Nazi period. The Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture is an annual event at the Leo Baeck Institute in New York, when esteemed academics and scholars talk about various aspects of the German-Jewish experience and history, as well as to other, related topics.

Abstract: The Leo Baeck memorial lectures

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Letters from Peter Bloch to Alfonso Ramirez, (1967-2008)

Bloch, Peter, 1921-

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Language: English

Pages: 4 , 90+107+50+39 pages.

Year of publication: 1967-2008

Keywords: Fourth International. ; Socialist Workers Party. ; World politics. ; Manuscripts. ; Correspondence ; Correspondence ; Finding aids.

Abstract: Collection of 151 letters written by Peter Bloch in New York to his colleague and friend Alfonso Ramirez in Venezuela. The letters, written in English, touch primarily on socialist ideological interpretations of world events, triggering commentaries about politics in North America, Europe (Germany) and Asia (mostly China). Also discussed are various aspects of the Caribbean islands and Latin America. Alfonso Ramirez’ replies in Spanish are not included.

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Reminiscences. (1974)

Ibson, Kurt, 1909-

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Language: English

Pages: 8 pages (single space) : , typescript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1974

Keywords: Emigration and immigration. ; Jewish refugees. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Netherlands. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1940. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Refuge in Uruguayan embassy in The Hague; immigration to USA in 1940.

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I remember my grandfather, (1973)

Vogelstein, Hertha.

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Language: English

Pages: 16 pages (double space) : , typescript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1973

Keywords: Vogelstein, Heinemann, ; Vogelstein, Hermann, ; Education, Higher. ; Jewish religious education 19th century. ; Judaism Prayers and devotions. ; Rabbis. ; Reform Judaism 19th century. ; Women authors. ; Lippe (Germany) ; Szczecin (Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: The author Hertha Vogelstein is the grand-daughter of Heinemann Vogelstein. He was born in the rural community of Lage. Heinemann was an excellent student and was sent to the gymnasium (high school) in Detmold. Due to his outstanding talent he was granted a scholarship of the State of Lippe to study theology at the Jewish seminary in Breslau. He became a rabbi in Pilsen (in 1869) and Stettin (in 1880). Heinemann Vogelstein married his student love Rosa Kobrack in 1869. His first born son Hermann, the author's father, followed in his footsteps as a rabbi in Koenigsberg. Heinemann Vogelstein was a leading personality in liberal Judaism and among the founders of the Association of Liberal Rabbis in Germany. He faced fervent opposition by orthodox rabbis for the publication of a German translation of the Hebrew prayer book.

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The Family History of Nicholas Paul Alexander / (1973)

Skaller, Ulrich.

London :[publisher not identified],

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Language: English

Pages: 34 + 25 , typewritten manuscript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1973

Keywords: Skaller, Ulrich. ; Goldstein family. ; Perl family. ; Kohl family. ; Lebenheim family. ; Alexander family. ; Jews Genealogy. ; Jews 1933-1945. ; Jews, East European. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Galicia (Poland and Ukraine) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Childhood of Ulrich Skaller in Galicia; World War II in Russia; history of Alexander, Goldstein, Perl, Skaller, Brandt, Ament, Kohl, Kalahora and Lebenheim families in Galicia and Russia; contains family trees; translations of scholarly articles on Polish Jewry.

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The flow of Jewish folk-music among fomer Eastern European residence. (1973)

Friedman, Sonia

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Language: English

Pages: 3 + 18 pages : , typescript +

Additional Material: 2 pages charts

Year of publication: 1973

Keywords: Ethnomusicology. ; Folk music. ; Folk songs, Yiddish. ; Immigrants. ; Jews Music. ; Jews, East European Music. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Manuscripts.

Abstract: Summary of interviews with Eastern European immigrants in the United States concerning their knowledge of Jewish folk songs, to determine the sources of the songs and the direction of their transfer.

Abstract: In an accompanying letter the author discusses a proposal for further research of Yiddish folksongs.

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Albert Einstein / (1973)

Hoffmann, Banesh, 1906-1986.

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Language: English

Pages: 18 pages : , typescript.

Year of publication: 1973

Keywords: Einstein, Albert, ; Jewish scientists. ; Manuscripts.

Abstract: Article on the life and work of Albert Einstein as a scientist and a Jew, based on a lecture at the Leo Baeck Institute in New York.

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Mein Weg von Bruessel nach Havanna : 10. Mai 1940 - 8. Januar 1942 (1970)

Simon, Ernst

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Language: German

Pages: 20 pages (single space) : , Typewritten manuscript.

Year of publication: 1970

Keywords: Concentration camps. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Belgium. ; Cuba Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Saint-Cyprien (Pyrénées-Orientales, France) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: World War II in Belgium; internment camp of St. Cyprien (France); emigration to Cuba.

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Zehn Jahre spaeter. (1956-1965)

Winter, Mine.

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Language: German

Pages: 29 pages (double space) : , typescript +

Additional Material: handwritten manuscript

Year of publication: 1956-1965

Keywords: Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) ; Country life. ; Education, Higher Agricultural education 1941. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Women authors. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Westphalia (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Jewish life in small Westphalian town after 1933; November pogrom of 1938; agricultural training in Jewish school at Neuendorf; failure to obtain visa for emigration; experiences in Auschwitz; liberation in Ravensbrueck.

Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Typescript; 1965

Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Manuscript; 1956

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Geschichte unserer Auswanderung aus Deutschland. (1963)

Friedrichs, Theodor, 1894-1980.

Astoria :[publisher not identified],

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Language: German

Pages: 321 , typescript.

Year of publication: 1963

Keywords: Friedrichs, Ilse. ; Friedrichs, Rudolf. ; Actors. ; Gynecologists. ; Jewish families. ; Jewish physicians. ; Jewish refugees ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Shanghai (China) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Memoir by Theodor Friedrichs, written in 1963 in German, including the travel log of his sister Emmi when she emigrated from Germany to Shanghai via the Soviet Union and recollections by Theodor Friedrichs of Jewish life in Nazi Germany, of his son Rudi Friedrichs being sent to England where he became an actor, of Theodor Friedrichs' emigration to Shanghai by boat from Genua, of his experience as a physician in Shanghai, of musical and Jewish life in Shanghai, of conditions in Shanghai during World War II, of his emigration to the United States, of his experience in California, and of his opening a medical practice in Astoria NY in 1949.

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Die Erlebnisse der Juden in Shanghai unter der japanischen Besetzung im 2.Weltkrieg, (1963)

Kauffmann, Fritz, b., 1904.

New York :[publisher not identified],

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Pages: 10 pages + 3 pages. (single space) : , Typewritten manuscript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1963

Keywords: Jewish way of life. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Kauffmann, Fritz. ; Shanghai (China) Emigration and immigration 1871-1933. ; Memoirs ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Merchants

Abstract: Jewish life in Shanghai under Japanese occupation in World War II; description of the various groups of Jews in Shanghai; also contains newspaper clippings (translation of English lecture given in the Shanghai Tiffin Club in New York, 1963)

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No title. (1963)

Wolff, Charles.

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Language: German

Pages: 6 pages (double space) : , typewritten manuscript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1963

Keywords: Haus Berta. ; Reichsbund Jüdischer Frontsoldaten. ; Jews 1933-1945. ; Jewish way of life. ; Youth movements. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Description of Jewish life in youth colony "Haus Berta" in 1935.

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Familienchronik der Familie Weil, Gutmann, Einstein / (1962)

Weil, Emma.

London :[publisher not identified],

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Language: German

Pages: 102 , typescript (carbon copy).

Year of publication: 1962

Former Title: Chronik der Familien Weil, Gutmann und Einstein

Keywords: Einstein family. ; Gutmann family. ; Weil, Sigmund. ; Weil family. ; Jewish orphanages. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Jewish physicians ; Public welfare ; Women authors. ; Esslingen am Neckar (Germany) ; Württemberg (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: History of Weil, Einstein and Gutmann families from Wuerttemberg, reaching back to 18th century; biography of the physician Sigmund Weil and his activities in Jewish public welfare, especially the Jewish orphanage in Esslingen.

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Im Schatten einer endlosen grossen Zeit : Erinnerungen aus einem langen Leben fuer meine Kinder, jungen Freunde und Studenten. (1962)

Salomon, Albert, 1891-1966.

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Language: German

Pages: 13 pages (1 1/2 space) : , Typewritten manuscript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1962

Keywords: College teachers. ; Education, Higher. ; Editors. ; Jewish sociologists. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Heidelberg (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1935. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Draft, covering circa 1891-1935.

Abstract: University studies in Berlin and Heidelberg; among Salomon's teachers were Adolf von Harnack, Georg Simmel, Karl Jaspers and Max Weber; activities in Social Democratic Party; relationship with finance minister Rudolf Hilferding and with Theodor Heuss.

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[Ancestors]. (1961)

Metzger, Otto.

London :[publisher not identified],

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Language: English

Pages: 1 + 2 + 137 pages (double space) : , typescript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1961

Former Title: Memoirs

Keywords: Guldmann family (Harburg) ; Tuchmann family (Ühlfeld) ; Ühlfeld family (Franconia) ; Berlin family (Nuremberg) ; Josephtal family (Nuremberg) ; Metzger family (Weisenau) ; Country life. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Iron industry and trade ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Merchants. ; Voyages and travels. ; Ansbach (Germany : Landkreis) ; Franconia (Germany) ; Harburg (Schwaben, Germany) ; Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) ; Nuremberg (Germany) ; Swabia (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: History of the Berlin, Josephtal, Guldmann, Tuchmann and Metzger families from Ansbach, Nuremberg and Weisenau (near Mainz), circa 1750 to the 1960s. Most of them were in the wine and iron trade; social rise from peddlers to successful merchants during 19th century; beginnings of Jewish community in Nuremberg; Fuerth Jewish community; law office of Berlin-Josephtal in Nuremberg; Jewish communities of Weisenau (near Mainz) and Harburg (Svabia); the iron merchants Guldmann and the "Sueddeutsche Eisengesellschaft"; origins of Tuchmann family in Floss (Bavaria); move to Uehlfeld (Franconia) and Dessau; trip to Palestine in 1934; immigration to USA.

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Lebenserinnerungen von Ottilie Schoenewald : Fuer das Leo Baeck Institut, New York. (1961)

Schoenewald, Ottilie.

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Language: German

Pages: 22 pages : , typescript (carbon copy).

Year of publication: 1961

Keywords: Bund Deutscher Frauenvereine. ; International Council of Jewish Women. ; Jüdischer Frauenbund von Deutschland. ; Jewish communities, leadership. ; Jews Intellectual life. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Women authors. ; Women Societies and clubs. ; Women Political activity ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Bochum (Germany) ; England Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Germany Politics and government 1918-1933. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: The memoirs cover 1883-1946. Childhood recollections in a well-to do Jewish household of eight children. Both her parents worked in building up their business. Tradition of charity. Ottilie's father was a member of the Jewish community executive committee. Growing up in a liberal yet religious family. Reflections on girl's education of her time. Death of her father in 1903. Marriage to the lawyer Dr. S. Schoenewald in 1905. Start of her activities in the women's movement in Germany (BDF). Ottilie Schoenewald had a leading position as a women's legal guidance counselor (Frauenrechtschutzstelle) in Bochum. She was involved in the homemaking organization during World War One. Political equality for women after the war and activities in the democratic party in Weimar Germany. In 1929 Ottilie Schoenewald was elected to be a board member of the Jewish women's movement (JFB) in Berlin. Preparations for the International Congress of Jewish women 1930 in Hamburg, which led to the formation of the International Council of Jewish Women. In 1934 she became chairwoman of the JFB. Experiences and activities during the Nazi time. Ottilie Schoenewald emigrated to England via Holland in 1939, where she continued her social activities.

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My life : written from 1943 onwards. (1960)

Schwab, Hermann, 1879-1962.

London :[publisher not identified],

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Language: English

Pages: circa 150 pages (double space) : , typescript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1960

Keywords: Hirsch family (Halberstadt) ; Calvary, Esther. ; Calvary family. ; Agudat Israel. ; Austrittsgemeinde. ; Israelitische Religionsgesellschaft zu Frankfurt a.M. (Germany) ; Messingwerk Eberswalde. ; Intellectual life 1918-1933. ; Metal trade. ; Orphanages. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Eberswalde (Germany) ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1933. ; Halberstadt (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Childhood in Frankfurt am Main; orthodox Jewish atmosphere in Messingwerk in Halberstadt; Hirsch and Calvary families; activities in "Agudath Israel"; cultural life in Halberstadt; preparations of emigration in 1933; life in London after emigration.

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The tragedy of German-Jewish liberalism : The Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture 4 (1960)

Morgenthau, Hans J 1904-1980.

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Language: English

Pages: 16 + 15 , typescript.

Year of publication: 1960

Keywords: Leo Baeck memorial lecture. ; Jews History 20th century. ; Jews, German Liberalism. ; Manuscripts.

Abstract: 2 drafts of the 4th annual LBI Memorial Lecture, given November 16, 1960.

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A life in focal points of our time : Vienna – Berlin – New York, Gustav Stolper 1888-1947. (1960)

Stolper, Toni ; Stolper, Max A.

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Language: English

Pages: 260 pages : , typescript.

Year of publication: 1960

Keywords: Stolper, Gustav, ; Austria History 1867-1918. ; Austria History 1918-1938. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Manuscripts. ; Manuscripts.

Abstract: The book by Toni Stolper about her husband Gustav Stolper, first published in 1960, has been translated from the German original with annotations, by Max A. Stolper.

Description / Table of Contents: Foreword

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Austria-Hungary

Description / Table of Contents: Part II: German Austria

Description / Table of Contents: Part III: In the Weimar Republic

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