Leo Herrmann Collection
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains letters and postcards to Leo Herrmann, his wife Lola Herrmann, and daughter Ruth Herrmann from various senders, including Max Brod, Franz Werfel, George Bernard Shaw, Martin Buber, and Albert Einstein.
Dates
- Creation: undated, 1909-1950
Creator
- Herrmann, Leo, 1888-1951 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German and English.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
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
Leo Herrmann was a journalist and Zionist activist, born 1888 in Landskron. After studying law in Prague, Herrmann joined the Bar Kochba Association, the organization of Prague Zionists, in 1906 and served as its chairman between 1908 and 1909. Herrmann was editor of the Prague Zionist weekly Selbstwehr (Self-Defense) from 1910 to 1913. Under his editorship, it became a respected political and literary journal. In 1913, Herrmann moved to Berlin, where he assumed the post of secretary of the World Zionist Organization and later became editor-in-chief of Die jüdische Rundschau (The Jewish Review), succeeding his cousin Hugo Herrmann. He published Nathan Birnbaum, sein Werk und seine Wandlung (Nathan Birnbaum: His Work and His Transformation) in 1914 and the pamphlet “Im Kampf um die hebräische Sprache” (The Struggle for the Hebrew Language) in the same year. Die Treue (Fidelity), a collection of essays on Jewish themes, appeared in 1916. Herrmann was one of the promoters of Martin Buber’s journal Der Jude, which was launched in 1916. He was a member of the Czechoslovak delegation at the Versailles Peace Conference. In 1920, he cofounded Keren Hayesod (the Palestine Foundation Fund) with Berthold Feiwel. In 1926, Hermann moved to Jerusalem, where he worked as general secretary of Keren Hayesod. He remained in that position until his death in 1951.
Extent
4 Folders
Abstract
The collection contains letters and postcards to Leo Herrmann, his wife Lola Herrmann, and daughter Ruth Herrmann from various senders, including Max Brod, Franz Werfel, George Bernard Shaw, Martin Buber, and Albert Einstein.
Subject
- Herrmann, Lola (Person)
- Zielenziger, Ruth (Person)
- Herrmann, Hugo (Person)
- Herrmann, Leo, 1888-1951 (Person)
- Brod, Max, 1884-1968 (Person)
- Werfel, Franz, 1890-1945 (Person)
- Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 (Person)
- Buber, Martin, 1878-1965 (Person)
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Leo Herrmann Collection, undated, 1909-1950 AR 11640
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Sarah Glover
- Date
- © 2013
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- July 2015:: dao links added by Emily Andresini.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
