Record with sleeve, transcript, booklet

Identifier
irn564329
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.521.6.2
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Archival History

Acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection. The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Philip and Janet Levin Foundation

Scope and Content

Box used to house teaching set of six records recorded and produced as part of the revival of Jewish education in Germany after the rise of the Nazi Party. Six records, six transcripts of the talks in Hebrew, six study booklets for each of the records with the talks in phonetic transcription in Latin characters and the meaning in German; index cards for study and repitition. Initiator of the project, Asher Plevner, was impressed by the popular teaching booklet "Ivrit LeOlim" by scholar and author Rabbi Emil Cohen and turned to the owner of a records manufacturing company, Otto Sperlin, who at the time produced records for learning languages. Sperling agreed to produce the records and in May 1934, Asher Plevner, his brother Dov, and sister Helena met in the studion of "Avner" company and recorded the Hebrew talks for study.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Cardboard box and three cardboard spaces to be put in between each record in the set

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.