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Personal diaries, letters and personal documentation belonging to Attorney Emil Wohrizek, from Leipzig and afterwards Berlin (Germany), and family, 1901-1942

Personal diaries, letters and personal documentation belonging to Attorney Emil Wohrizek, from Leipzig and afterwards Berlin (Germany), and family, 1901-1942 Family Background: Dr. Emil Wohrizek was a lawyer in Leipzig, involved in public affairs and an active member in the local Bnai Brith lodge. He was the son of Albert and Bertha (Lustig) Wohrizek, born in Bohemia Reichenberg, 24 April 1878, and moved with his parents to Leipzig, Germany, 14 January 1893, and later to Berlin in the 1930s. His father Albert was born in Zajesdetz Bohemia, 10 November 1852. Emil had four siblings: Herbert Daniel, Alfred,...

File Number : 6416

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Diary, Newspaper, Photograph

Language : German

Documentation belonging to Paul and Lina Levy regarding their visit to Eretz Israel in 1938, their being sent back to Germany by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, the sale of their property in Germany, their transfer to the ship, "Patria" and more

Documentation belonging to Paul and Lina Levy/i regarding their visit to Eretz Israel in 1938, their being sent back to Germany by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, the sale of their property in Germany, their transfer to the ship, "Patria" and more Volume 1: - Correspondence between Paul Levy and the German authorities regarding taking some of his property out of Germany, 1938-1942; Paul Levy and his wife, Lina Levy, from Luenen, visited Eretz Israel in 1938; they purchased a farm, and wanted to remain in Eretz Israel as illegal immigrants, however the Jewish Agency for Israel insisted that they return...

File Number : 367.1

Type of Material : Letter, Personal Records, Administrative Documentation, Diary, Memoirs, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, English, German

Testimony of Dr. Hans Pomeranz, born in Elberfeld, Germany, 1899, regarding Zionist activities in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1932-1939

Testimony of Dr. Hans Pomeranz, born in Elberfeld, Germany, 1899, regarding Zionist activities in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1932-1939 The Jewish community of Frankfurt, 1932: - The Orthodox community and the Orthodox Austrittsgemeinde (separatist Orthodox group ); - Community institutions, such as the hospital, retirement home, social welfare institutions, school system, library, museum, yeshiva; - The anti-Zionist attitude of the community's leadership; - After the Nazi rise to power, demands by the Zionists for more influence in the community rejected by the community; establishment of...

File Number : 275

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Hanna Johanna (Memelsdorff) Marcus, born in Samter, Germany, 1886, regarding the "Juedisches Nachrichtenblatt" Jewish weekly newspaper published in Berlin, November 1938-October 1939, and testimony of Dr. Fritz Simon Neumann, born in Berlin, Germany, 1891, regarding the Jews associated with the Mitteldeutsche Bodenkreditanstalt (mortgage bank) in Berlin, 1933-1936 Pages 2 - 7 Hanna Marcus - Biography of Hanna Marcus until 1933; her work as part of the administration of the "Juedische Rundschau" (Jewish weekly newspaper), 1934-November 1938, and as manager of the building at Meinekestrasse...

File Number : 136

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : German

Testimony of Hanna Johanna (Memelsdorff) Marcus, born in Samter, Germany, 1886, regarding the "Juedisches Nachrichtenblatt" Jewish weekly newspaper published in Berlin, November 1938-October 1939

Testimony of Hanna Johanna (Memelsdorff) Marcus, born in Samter, Germany, 1886, regarding the "Juedisches Nachrichtenblatt" Jewish weekly newspaper published in Berlin, November 1938-October 1939 - Biography of Hanna Marcus until 1933; her work as part of the administration of the "Juedische Rundschau" (Jewish weekly newspaper), 1934-November 1938, and as manager of the building at Meinekestrasse 10 which housed the Zionistische Vereinigung fuer Deutschland (ZVfD -Zionist Federation of Germany), the Palaestina-Amt (Palestine Office), the "Juedischer Rundschau", the "Hechalutz" youth movement and other...

File Number : 36

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German

Letters from Pepie Kraemer née Katz, in Leipzig and Genoa, to her mother and brother in Eretz Israel, 1937–1955, and official correspondence from 1939 on concerning arranging her immigration to Eretz Israel together with her husband, Emil Kraemer, and their infant daughter Personal correspondence: from Pepie Kraemer née Katz, in Leipzig and Geneva, to her mother and brother in - letters and postcards from Pepie Kraemer née Katz, Leipzig, to her mother, Anna Katz, and her brother, Isi Katz, Jerusalem, 1937– 1939; - letter from Anna Katz, Jerusalem, to her daughter Pepie and her son-in-law Emil Kraemer,...

File Number : 4430

Type of Material : Telegram, Postcard, Letter, Official Documentation, Envelope

Language : English, German

Personal documents and official documentation regarding Samson Rubin and Ettel (Horowitz) Rubin, born in Poland, from the period of their stay in Vienna and Berlin until 1939, and later in England; documents of their daughter Daisy (Rubin) Rossler; postcards sent by their relatives in Poland, 1939-1941 Postcards, letters and telegrams: 1. Postcard sent by Leib Horowitz in Cieszanow to his son Feiwel Horowitz in Drohobycz, 18/07/1914; 2. Postcard sent to Ettel Rubin in Berlin by Esther and Jakob Rubin (the parents of Samson Rubin) in Vienna, 30/07/1937; 3. Postcards sent to Daisy Rubin in London by the...

File Number : 695

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Postcard, Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation, Passport, Red Cross Letter, Letter, Notebook, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Polish, French, English, Dutch, German, Yiddish