Rudolf Apt Collection
Scope and Content Note
Bulk of collection consists of correspondences and short manuscripts by members of the Dresden Jewish community of personal accounts of war experience. Lists and index cards describing the fate of Jews from Dresden also included.
Papers in Series I include school records, travel pass, refugee registration, World War II British flyers for personal defense. Papers for Mrs. Sophie Apt also included. Series II contains materials pertaining to the destruction and later salvation of the Dresden Jewish community and manuscripts and clippings of responses to Communist rule, 1947-1950. Series III contains cards describing fate of Dresden Jews (A-L, M-Z).
Dates
- Creation: 1897-1982
Creator
- Apt, Rudolf, 1882-1978 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, English.
Access Information
Open to researchers.
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
The collection is microfilmed, use MF 486.
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
Biographical Note
Born in Dresden July 25, 1882, died London April 19, 1978. Emigrated to England in 1939. Metal Industrialist. Administrator of Centralverein, Reichsverband Juedischer Frontsoldaten, Association for Jewish Refugees.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
Bulk of collection consists of correspondences and short manuscripts by members of the Dresden Jewish community of personal accounts of war experience. Lists and index cards describing the fate of Jews from Dresden also included.
Other Finding Aid
See Inventory List.
Microfilm
The entire collection is available on microfilm, MF 486.
Subject
- Apt, Rudolf, 1882-1978 (Person)
- Löwenkopf, Leon, 1892-1966 (Person)
- Kosler, Max, 1882-1966 (Person)
- Streicher, Julius, 1885-1946 (Person)
- Gruen, Walter, 1901-1976 (Person)
- Lesser, Max (Person)
- Centralverein Deutscher Staatsbürger Jüdischen Glaubens (Organization)
- Reichsbund Jüdischer Frontsoldaten (Organization)
- Association of Jewish Refugees in Great Britain (Organization)
- Apt family (Family)
- Red Cross and Red Crescent (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Rudolf Apt Collection, 1897-1982 AR 7180
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- October 2011: Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
