James Simon Collection

Collection

Identifier: AR 5930

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

The collection is primarily made up of the unpublished musical compositions of James Simon. There is one folder of biographical information.

The compositions were apparently sent to Toni Appelbaum / Apel, who emigrated from Berlin to the United States with her husband and daughter in 1937. Virtually all the compositions are affectionately and intimately inscribed to Toni. Folder one contains several postcards from Simon to Toni, Simon's obituary, several photographs, and a program advertising his work.

Dates

Creation: 1931-1945

Creator

Simon, James, 1880-1944 (Person)

Language of Materials

This collection is in German.

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

James Simon was born in 1880 in Berlin. He studied music in Berlin and Munich and is regarded as a "lost" late romantic composer. In 1933 he emigrated via Switzerland to Amsterdam, where he stayed until his deportation in 1941 to Theresienstadt. He was killed in Auschwitz in 1944.