Correspondence with American Jewish Kartell-Convent (KC) Fraternity Inc.

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/66
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 109370
Dates
23 Jun 1956 - 17 Nov 1958
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • American-Jewish KC Fraternity
  • Kartell Convent

Biographical History

The Kartell-Convent der Verbindungen deutscher Studenten Jüdischen Glaubens (K.C.) was an umbrella organisation of Jewish-German student fraternities. Founded in 1896 it had to cease to function in 1933. After the Second World War refugees reconstituted K.C. chapters in some of their respective countries of settlement, including the United States. See Weltsch, R. (ed.), Leo Baeck Institute Year Book, vol. 3, 1958, pp. 122-39.

Scope and Content

Correspondence regarding a meeting of K.C. members in Chicago, an article on the Jewish community in Bentschen (now Zbąszyń, Poland) Alfred Wiener contributed to a K.C. jubilee publication, and birthday notes for Frederick S. Aron, Bruno Weil, and the late Ludwig Holländer. Contained is an issue of the American Jewish K.C. Fraternity Bulletin including a brief article by Wiener on Bruno Weil.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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People

  • Weil, Bruno
  • Holländer, Ludwig

Subjects

  • Student fraternities
  • Refugees
  • German-Jewish organisations

Places

  • Zbaszyn
  • United States
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