Out of the Archives
Priorities
by Kevin Schlottmann, Levy Processing Archivist, Center for Jewish History

The first image above is a letter of reference written for Ernst Fleischmann upon his leaving the position of head chemist for BMW’s airplane engine division. He left voluntarily for the United States in 1935 as conditions for Jews in Germany were worsening. The second image is the United States patent for Fleischmann’s invention upon arriving in the United States, a jacketed bullet with improved accuracy.

Both items are from the Leo Baeck Institute’s Fleischmann Family Collection ([AR 25349]).

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