Emigration Collection
Scope and Content Note
Emigration 1864-1952: This collection - encompassing about 90 years - contains papers about the situation and persecution of Jews in Eastern European countries (Russia, Poland, Roumania, Bulgaria, Lithuania). Papers describe the activities of various relief organizations. There are more than 170 papers (ca.900 pages), about half of them written in German, about 30 each in French or English, over 20 in Yiddish and some in Polish. A printed appeal of the Reichsausschuss fuer Russisch-Juedische Fluechtlingshilfe, Berlin (1929) carries among others the signatures of Leo Baeck and ALbert Einstein. (VI, 16).
The following individuals are mentioned in this collection: Neumann, Otto; Lilien, E.M.; Taylor, Myron C.; Wolf, Lucien; Landsburgh-Lorbeerbaum, Anna
Dates
- Creation: 1864-1995
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, French, English, Polish, Yiddish and Dutch.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Collection is microfilmed, please use MF 894.
Readers may access the collection by visiting the Lillian Goldman Reading Room at the Center for Jewish History. We recommend reserving the collection in advance; please visit the LBI Online Catalog and click on the "Request" button.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Abstract
Emigration 1864-1952: This collection - encompassing about 90 years - contains papers about the situation and persecution of Jews in Eastern European countries (Russia, Poland, Roumania, Bulgaria, Lithuania). Papers describe the activities of various relief organizations. There are more than 170 papers (ca.900 pages), about half of them written in German, about 30 each in French or English, over 20 in Yiddish and some in Polish. A printed appeal of the Reichsausschuss fuer Russisch-Juedische Fluechtlingshilfe, Berlin (1929) carries among others the signatures of Leo Baeck and ALbert Einstein. (VI, 16).
Other Finding Aid
10-page inventory.
Microfilm
Collection is available on 4 reels of microfilm (MF 894). Memoir is available on 1 reel of microfilm (MM 129).
- MF 894 Reel 1: 1/1-1/4
- MF 894 Reel 2: 1/5-2/9
- MF 894 Reel 3: 2/10-2/15
- MF 894 Reel 4: 2/16-2/16
- MM 129 (1 reel)
Subject
- Baeck, Leo, 1873-1956 (Person)
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 (Person)
- Alliance israélite universelle (Organization)
- American Jewish Committee (Organization)
- Chicago Jewish Historical Society (Organization)
- Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden (Germany) (Organization)
- Centralverein Deutscher Staatsbürger Jüdischen Glaubens (Organization)
- World Zionist Organization (Organization)
- World Jewish Congress (Organization)
- Harmonie Club of the City of New York (Organization)
- American Federation of Jews from Central Europe (Organization)
- American Roumanian Jewish Emancipation Committee (Organization)
- Zentralvereinigung Deutscher Emigranten (Organization)
- Zentralvereinigung Österreichischer Emigranten (Organization)
- World ORT Union (Organization)
- Deutsche Zentralstelle für Jüdische Wanderarmenfürsorge (Berlin) (Organization)
- Bureau für soziale Arbeit in Warschau (Organization)
- Deutsches Zentralkomitee fur die russischen Juden (Organization)
- Hias-Ica Emigration Association (Organization)
- Jewish World Relief Committee (Organization)
- Jüdisches Zentralkomitee für die Kriegsopfer (Organization)
- Verband Jüdischer Studentenvereine in Deutschland (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Alaska
- Austria
- Belarus
- Bulgaria
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Czechoslovakia
- Dominican Republic
- Europe -- Emigration and immigration
- Europe, Eastern
- Great Britain
- Israel
- Lithuania
- Lʹviv (Ukraine)
- Netherlands
- Netherlands -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 1933-1945
- Palestine
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- Wrocław (Poland)
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Emigration Collection, 1864-1995 AR 1989 / MF 894 / MM 129
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2010
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Revision Statements
- June 05, 2012 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
- September 9, 2014 : Related materials section added.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
