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M. 57-Kulturbund der Juden in Deutschland (the Cultural Organization of German Jewry)

M. 57-Kulturbund der Juden in Deutschland (the Cultural Organization of German Jewry) History of the Organization Following the Nazi rise to power in 1933, the Jews were forbidden to attend cultural performances or to be employed in cultural institutions in Germany. Kurt Singer, the Director of the Berlin Municipal Opera (who was dismissed in 1933 because he was Jewish), decided to set up an alternate Jewish organization with the goal of arranging cultural activities for Jews. The new organization was also meant to solve the unemployment problem of the Jewish artists and workers who had been dismissed...

Type of Material : Record of Persecuted Persons, Official Documentation

Language : German

Report by Hanna Marcus regarding the history of the Juedischer Kulturbund, Berlin (Jewish Cultural Federation in Berlin) in the years 1933-1938, 01 September 1955

File Number : 36a

Type of Material : Letter, Report

Language : Hebrew, German

Der Reichsminister fur Volksaufklarung und Propaganda - Reichs Ministry of Information and Propaganda, headed by Hinkel, and supervision over the cultural activities of Jews and other non-Aryans

Der Reichsminister fur Volksaufklarung und Propaganda - Reichs Ministry of Information and Propaganda, headed by Hinkel, and supervision over the cultural activities of Jews and other non-Aryans - Establishment of rules for the supervision and surveillance over the Jewish press, publishers and book merchants; supervision over the "Des Schild" newspaper published by the Jewish Soldiers Organization; spreading of the idea of emigration by means of the Jewish press; - Discussions by the Gestapo regarding the functioning of the above mentioned office, 01 March 1938.

File Number : 62

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Testimony of Kurt Loewenstein, born in Danzig, 1902, regarding his experiences as the editor of the Jewish weekly newspaper, "Juedische Rundschau", in Berlin, Germany, 1933-1938

Testimony of Kurt Loewenstein, born in Danzig, 1902, regarding his experiences as the editor of the Jewish weekly newspaper, "Juedische Rundschau", in Berlin, Germany, 1933-1938 - The first editor of the "Juedische Rundschau" was Robert Weltsch; Kurt Loewenstein was his successor from August 1933; - The Jewish press subjected to supervision by the Ministry of Propaganda, Department for Jewish Affairs under the supervision of Reichskulturverwalter (Reich's culture director) Hans Hinkel; "Juedische Rundschau" subjected to censorship and increased restriction of topics from 1937; first prohibition on...

File Number : 133

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : German