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…
Out of the Archives: Calendar Art
submitted by Kevin Schlottmann, Levy Processing Archivist, Center for Jewish History
This hand-drawn calendar card is from February 1920. The artist is Lucie Ritter Marcus (1895-1967), wife of German-Jewish lawyer Ernst Marcus. More information about the Marcuses can be found in the Leo Baeck Institute’s Ernst Marcus (Breslau) Collection, [AR 25006].
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Out of the Archives: “Read and Decide!”
by Kevin Schlottmann, Levy Processing Archivist, Center for Jewish History
Jakob Altmaier was a German-Jewish parliamentarian in the Federal Republic of Germany. After spending World War Two in north Africa attached to the British army, he returned to Germany. In 1949, he ran for and won a seat in the German Parliament (the Bundestag) representing Hanau-Gelnhausen as…
Out of the Archives: B’nai B’rith Berlin Library
by Kevin Schlottmann, Levy Processing Archivist, Center for Jewish History
Today, most libraries have automated circulation systems. The Center’s catalog serves this function for itself and its five partner institutions. Such systems provide great benefits to both patrons (such as searching and renewing from home) and institutions (such as ease of tracking use). Before…