Geschichte der jüdischen Gemeinde Papenburg (Aschendorff) und ihrer Familien : Ein Gedenkbuch.

List of names, members of the Jewish community Papenburg (Aschendorf) from the earliest time to 1942; manuscript: "Geschichte der Juedischen Gemeinde Papenburg und Ihrer Familien".

Remarks prepared for delivery by Fred W. Friendly on the occasion of the tenth presentation of the Hubert H. Humphrey First Amendment Freedoms Prize.

Typescript (photocopy) of a speach delivered by Prof. Friendly at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel, June 10, 1988.

Schmidl-Speyer Family Collection 1914-1935, 1988-1993

Autographs: Postcards and picture postcards (all photocopies) written by luminaries such as Richard Beer- Hofmann, Otto Brahm, Josef Floch to Paula Schmidl-Speyer, Anton Hanak, Theodor Herzl, Wilhelm Mueller-Hofmann, Arthur Schnitzler, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Jakob Wassermann, and David Wolfson.

Mendelsohn Family Collection, Zeitz, Saxony 1870-1945

Names and dates of 5 members of the Mendelsohn family from Zeitz, Saxony, who were killed during World War I and during the Holocaust

[Cookbook of Frau Dr. Jonas] 1908-1912

Handwritten cookbook with entries of various recipes, started in Altona, Germany in 1908.

Ernest L. Haas, Neumarkt Collection 1925-1990

Letter to various officials of the Federal Republic of Germany about Jewish life in Neumarkt; December 1990

Bernhard and Hildegard Saenger Collection.

The bulk of the collection consists of two bound manuscripts (930 + 110 pages), representing the notes of the law student Bernhard Saenger during the lectures of Prof. Heinrich Dernburg in Halle, Germany on Roman law in Germany and on Roman inheritance law (Pandektenvorlesung).

MACHAL [Mitnadvei Hutz LaAretz] and Aliyah Bet Records, undated, 1930-2011

The MACHAL, the acronym for “Mitnadvei Hutz LaAretz” ("Volunteers from Abroad"), consisted of about 3500 men and women from over 40 countries from a variety of social and religious backgrounds who volunteered to fight for the establishment of Israel. This collection is unique in that it deals specifically with the experience of MACHAL and Aliyah Bet volunteers from Canada and the United States and others living in the United States. The collections consists of files on 500 volunteers, over 2000 original and reproduction photographs, numerous audio-visual material, books, manuscripts, and memoirs.

Eugene Katz Collection 1947-1992

Various materials pertaining to the recollections of Eugene (Egon) Katz about his life in the 1920s and 1930s in Barntrup in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Jacob Wiener collection 1897-1988

Manuscripts and articles by Rabbi Dr. Jacob G. Wiener about Jewish communities in Germany.

Meinen Wegbegleitern gewidmet Hachsharah 1939-1940

Manuscript on Hachsharah training 1939-1940.

Nachfahrentafel Heine Ephraim.

Family tree of the descendents of Heine Ephraim from 1665 to ca. 1938; also included are members of the German aristocracy.

Zucker Family Nine Generations

Genealogy of nine generations of the Zucker family.

Verein Mekor Chajim Collection 1915-1918

The bulk of the collection consists of circular letters of the Jewish orthodox organization Mekor Chajim in Frankfurt/Main and of issues of ‘Feldbrief der Agudas Jisroel Jugendorganisation’, sent to Jewish soldiers during World War I; 1915-1918

Simson Wolf Oppenheimer Family.

Translation of part of family history about the family of Simon Wolf Oppenheimer from Frankfurt am Main