Correspondence between Dr. Wolf Murmelstein and various bodies regarding the controversial role played by his father, Rabbi Dr. Benjamin Murmelstein, in the Theresienstadt Ghetto, 1990-1991
Also in the file:
- Documentation regarding the role of Rabbi Murmelstein during the Holocaust period, 1945;
- Correspondence between Dr. Wolf Murmelstein and Herbert Rosenkrantz, the historian, regarding the role of Rabbi Murmelstein during the Holocaust period, 1984.
File Number : 432
Type of Material : Correspondence, Official Documentation
Protocols of meetings held by Karl Rahm, the commandant of the Theresienstadt Ghetto and Dr. Benjamin Murmelstein, the Chairman of the Aeltestenrat (Council of Elders), 02 January-05 May 1945
Overview regarding the history of the Theresienstadt Ghetto written by Benjamin Murmelstein in the prison in Prague, undated
- Smuggling of the manuscript written by Benjamin Murmelstein out of the prison and copying of the manuscript by Zeev Scheck without Murmelstein's knowledge
Also in the file:
- Two letters sent by Murmelstein from the prison to Vlasta Schönova, undated;
- Correspondence between Dr. Philip Friedman from YIVO (Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut -Yiddish Scientific Institute) in New York and Dr. Eva Reichmann from the Wiener Library in London regarding the overview written by...
Documentation gathered in the Theresienstadt Ghetto regarding activities of the Aeltestenrat (Council of Elders) Freizeitgestaltung (Leisure Time) Department, 1942-1945
- Reports submitted by Prof. Emil Utitz regarding activities of the Ghettozentralbücherei (ghetto library), 1942-1945;
- Overview of the library, prepared by library worker, Hugo Israel Friedmann;
- Overview prepared by Emil Utitz regarding the functions of the library, 05 May 1945;
- Report regarding the bibliographical project administered by Benjamin Murmelstein, 13 May 1945.
Testimony of Frenze (Donath Gross) Grosinger, born in Hodonin, Czechoslovakia, 1903, regarding her experiences in Theresienstadt
Life before the war.
German occupation; deportation to Theresienstadt; camp life; liberation.
File Number : 1598
Type of Material : Testimony
Language : Hebrew, German
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Synonyms YV
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Jewish Leadership
Judenrat of Ghetto Theresienstadt
Murmelstein Benjamin
Rahm Karl
Culture
Utitz Emil
Baeck, Leo
Edelstein, Jacob
Hiding Place
Jewish Physicians With the Partisans in Ukraine During World War II