Correspondence with Gruenewald, Max

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/543
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 110275
Dates
17 Nov 1953 - 18 Sep 1961
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Dr. Max Gruenewald (born Grünewald; 1899-1992) was a German born US-American rabbi. Before emigrating in 1938 he had held a leading position at the Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden. In 1955 he became co-founder and president of the Leo Baeck Institute New York. See Walk, J., Kurzbiographien zur Geschichte der Juden 1918-1945, Munich et. al., K. G. Saur, 1988, p. 128.

Scope and Content

Correspondence regarding Gruenewald’s Wiener Library membership, a grant received from the Claims Conference, and the relation between the Library and the Leo Baeck Institute.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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People

  • Grünewald, Max

Subjects

Places

  • United States
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