Daniel Horn Collection

Collection

Identifier: AR 6411

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of research materials collected by Daniel Horn on anti-Semitism, ritual murder cases, etc. in Austria and specifically in Vienna, as well as on Zionism. The materials include Horn’s notes, excerpts from various publications, many manuscripts and a large amount of clippings, all either in original form or in photocopies.

Many writings in this collection are copies from the Central Zionist Archives, specifically the memoirs (denoted as A 196/62) and other writings of Dr. Isidor Schalit that had been taken from his private archives. Excerpts of Schalit’s essays and memoirs appear consistently throughout Horn’s notes, either in conjunction with other handwritten notes, paired with articles, or in translations. Clippings were primarily taken from Austrian newspapers in the late 19th and early 20th century, such as ‘Neue Freie Presse’, ‘Österreichische Wochenschrift’, ‘Die Welt’ and others. Special attention is devoted to the blood libel accusations in Tiszaeszlár, Hungary in 1882/1883 and in Polná, Bohemia in 1899/1900, as well as to Austrian politics, including the tenure of Vienna’s mayor Karl Lueger.

Dates

Creation: 1881-1986

Creator

Horn, Daniel (Person)

Language of Materials

This collection is primarily in German.

Use Restrictions

Copy of published materials to be submitted to donor, Dr. Marcia A. Horn.

Biographical Note

Daniel Horn was born in 1935 in Vienna, Austria. He was educated in New York City and earned a PhD in history from Columbia University in 1963. He taught German and Austrian history and the history of the Holocaust at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Professor Horn died on July 1, 1991, in New Brunswick.

Extent

13 Linear Feet

Additional Description

Abstract

Related Material

The Daniel Horn Microfilms Collection, LBI Call Numbers MF 522 reels 1-7; MF 653 reels 1-5; MF 654 reels 1-20; MF 655 reels 1-5; and MF 656 reels 1-13, consists of copied microfilms from other archives, such as Nazi materials collected at the Hoover Institution and at NARA, the National Archives and Records Administration, as well as Zionist materials collected at the Central Archive for the History of the Jewish People.