Institut für die Geschichte der Deutschen Juden in Hamburg collection
Extent and Medium
2 microfilm reels, 35 mm
Archival History
Institut für die Geschichte der Deutschen Juden (Germany)
Acquisition
Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Source of acquisition is the the Institut für die Geschichte der Deutschen Juden in Hamburg, Germany. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfiche in Feb. 2003.
Scope and Content
Contains protocols, correspondence, writings of M. Plaut, personal papers of Epstein, who was chairman of the Jewish community, including poems and writings from Theresienstadt concentration camp (1942), restitution matters, postcards of Lotte Cahn from Theresienstadt and Łódź, Poland, and letters from Hamburg, Germany (1935-1937).
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Institut für die Geschichte der Deutschen Juden (Germany)
People
- Plaut, M.
- Epstein, P. (Paul), 1871-
- Cahn, Lotte.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Hamburg (Germany)
- Łódź (Poland)
- Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-)
- Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945.
- Concentration camp inmates' writings--Czech Republic--Terezín (Severočeský kraj)
Genre
- Document
- Poetry
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Institut für die Geschichte der Deutschen Juden (Germany)