Out of the Archives: “A Love Story in One Act” (October 1944)
Submitted by Leanora Lange, Processing Archivist, Center for Jewish History
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, this “Love Story in One Act” was discovered among pages of correspondence in the freshly-processed Lucie Blau Family Collection (Leo Baeck Institute).
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…
On the 68th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Reference Services Research Coordinator, Center for Jewish History
On January 27th, 1945, Auschwitz was liberated by the Red Army. The desolate, disease-ridden and mosquito-infested complex comprised the largest of the Nazi concentration camps. Over a million people were murdered there. When the Nazis learned of the Red Army’s approach, they…