Max Dienemann Collection
Scope and Content Note
Dienemann's dissertation, articles and manuscripts by him on theology and Jewish history, and lecture notes for his Jewish history course during the 1930s at the Freies Juedisches Lehrhaus, Frankfurt; sermons by Dienemann, and records kept by him of rabbinical duties performed in Offenbach.
Correspondence with individuals, including Chaim Bloch, Martin Buber, Ismar Elbogen, Siegfried Guggenheim, Richard Koch, Else Lasker-Schueler, Claude Montefiore, Franz Rosenzweig, and Eduard Strauss; letters written to Dienemann by inmates of Buchenwald concentration camp.
The following individuals are mentioned in this collection: Bloch, Chaim ; Buber, Martin ; Elbogen, Ismar ; Lasker-Schueler, Else ; Guggenheim, Siegfried ; Rosenzweig, Franz ; Strauss, Eduard ; Dienemann, Mally ; Klausner, Joseph ; Koch, Richard ; Montefiore, Claude
Dates
- Creation: 1898-1948
Creator
- Dienemann, Max, 1875-1939 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German and Hebrew.
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 (MF 614).
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 Krotoschin (now Krotoszyn, Poland) on September 30, 1875, Dienemann studied at the University of Breslau and the Juedisch-theologisches Seminar, Breslau, receiving his doctorate and rabbinical ordination in 1898. He served as rabbi in Ratibor and Offenbach until his emigration to Palestine in 1938. He died in Tel Aviv on April 10, 1939.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Abstract
Dienemann's dissertation, articles and manuscripts by him on theology and Jewish history, and lecture notes for his Jewish history course during the 1930s at the Freies Juedisches Lehrhaus, Frankfurt; sermons by Dienemann, and records kept by him of rabbinical duties performed in Offenbach.
Arrangement
- Series I: Personal Materials
- Series II: Manuscripts
- Series III: Letters to Rabbi Max Dienemann
- Series IV: Newspaper and Journal Articles
Other Finding Aid
See Inventory List.
16-page paper inventory.
Microfilm
Collection is available on 2 reels of microfilm (MF 614). Some material also apears on MF 96(2).
- Reel 1: 1/1-1/2
- Reel 2: 1/3-1/8
Bibliography
See also Max Dienemann's and his wife's memoirs ME 759 and ME 112.
Subject
- Dienemann, Max, 1875-1939 (Person)
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp) (Organization)
- Jüdisch-Theologisches Seminar (Breslau, Germany) (Organization)
- Freies Jüdisches Lehrhaus (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Max Dienemann Collection, 1898-1948 AR 60 / MF 614 / MF 96(2)
- 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
- October 29, 2013 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
