Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden

Jewish council

Identifier: 423
Type of Entity: Corporate Body

Dates of Existence

1933-09/1939-07-04

History

The Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden was a body representing German Jews vis-à-vis the German government. The Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden started as early as 1933-09, and was headed by Reform Rabbi Leo Baeck and the Chief Executive Officer Dr. Otto Hirsch. The Reichsvertretung centralized the political aspects of the Jewish community in Germany, trying to enter open debate and dignify controversy with the Nazi administration. Its constituent arms handled most aspects of Jewish life in the Reich – emigration, welfare-relief, education, vocational training, and cultural activities. Its advocates saw the Reichsvertretung doing its best to safeguard the German Jewish community’s physical and moral existence. Its critics, such as Robert Weltsch, lamented that the organization lulled German Jews with false hopes and did not allocate enough resources for emigration.

Places

Founded and active in Germany

Sources

Dictionary of the Holocaust : Biography, geography, and terminology / E.J. Epstein, P. Rosen. – Westport, 1997. – p. 251

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Alice Stern papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn503011
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Consists of personal papers of Alice Stern that relate to her emigration from Germany to the United States. Among the documents are affidavits from family members; correspondence with the American Consulate in Stuttgart, Germany; and documents concerning Alice Stern's finances at the time of her emigration.
The Death of President von Hindenburg Small text only poster issued by the Berlin Jewish Community on the death of President von Hindenburg
1. Jewish community broadside collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42579
- English
- overall: Height: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) | Width: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Handbill published by the Berlin Jewish Community to express their condolences upon the death of President Paul von Hindenburg on August 2, 1934. It announces a memorial service to be held on August 12. As Field Marshal and Commander of German forces during World War I, Hindenburg became immensely popular throughout the country. He was elected president in 1925 and reelected in 1932. He appointed Hitler as Chancellor in January 1933.
Friedrich Brodnitz
- פרידריך ברודניץ
- EHRI Personalities
- Person
- 1899
- Updated 7 years ago
Activist and member of serveral German Jewish and Zionist organizations during the Nazi rule.
Hjälpkommittén för Tysklands judar
1. Jewish Community of Stockholm
- Hjälpkommittén
- Hjälpfond för Tysklands judar
- The Relief Committee
- Riksarkivet Täby
- Hjälpkommittén för Tysklands judar
- English
- 2,2 linear meters of textual records.
- Updated 7 months ago
The archive of the Relief Committee contains the record of the committee and some of its sub-departments. However, specific protocols, all personal dossiers, and other non-chronologically ordered correspondence have been transferred to the Refugee Section's archive. The archive from the Children's Department, established in 1938, has been cataloged as a separate archive along with the documents from the Refugee Section's Children's Department (up to 1948). Some documents from the Relief Committee and Refugee Section can also be found in other archives, such as those of Chief Rabbi Marcus Eh...
Jüdische Gemeinde Hamburg collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn512783
- English
- 1880-1942
- 17 microfilm reels, 35 mm
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains community records of five main Jewish communities in Germany: Münster, Oldenburg, Detmold, Lippe, and Lübeck. It includes correspondence with the Centralverein, the Reichsvertretung, and other organizations; and records relating to financial and social welfare matters within these Jewish communities.
The Kulka-Hildesheimer Collection: Documentation of the Reich Representation of German Jews, 1932-1938
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- O.81
- English
- 1932-1938
- 1917 Files
- Updated 1 decade ago
Included in the documentation is a huge number of documents regarding the organization starting from the preparation stages for its establishment and through its dissolution, protocols of meetings held by administrative bodies and organization committees, documents and letters, letters received by the organization from Jewish communities and organizations and documents about the Reich Representation, clippings from the Jewish press concerning the organization, documents of Jewish communities regarding implementation of the guidelines of the Reich Representation and more.
Oral history interview with Helmut Frank
1. Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn508721
- English
- 3 sound cassettes (60 min.),
- Updated 1 year ago
Records of the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (R 8150)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn503756
- English
- 1933-1943
- 207,960 digital images, JPEG 2509 microfiche,
- Updated 1 year ago
Records include the office files of the various departments (finance, sport, education, culture, liaison office with government agencies, director's office, liaison office with foreign Jewish agencies, etc.) of the last national-level Jewish organization in Germany during the Third Reich.
Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland
- Reich Association of Jews in Germany
- EHRI Corporate Bodies
- Corporate Body
- Updated 10 years ago
1939-07-04/1943

This successor entity to the Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden started 1939-07-04, charged by the Nazis as its major mission emigration of Jews from the Reich. In included all Jews as defined by the Nuremberg Laws, but its jurisdiction was confined to Germany and the Sudetenland. Austria and Bohemia-Moravia were excluded. The Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland came under the direct control of the SS who gave it tasks that eventually led to the Final Solution. It continued to provide Jewish welfare and schooling. The emigration aspects ended after 1941-10-01. The Emigration sectio...
Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland: Correspondence with the Council for German Jewry
- Wiener Holocaust Library
- WL606
- English
- 7 folders
- Updated 2 years ago
Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digital version of this archive.The material consists mainly of emigration arrangements for German Jews, includes original letters from Dr. Leo Baeck and Otto Hirsch. Folders 606/3-7 contain correspondence re the possibility of emigration to Kenya.