Martin Riesenburger portrait portraits men

Martin Riesenburger (May 14, 1896 – Apr. 14, 1966) was Prediger (Preacher) for the Jewish community in Berlin-Weissensee throughout the Nazi era (protected by his gentile wife, Natalie Riesenburger). In 1953 he became Rabbi of the Jewish community in Berlin (East) and then Landesrabbiner of the German Democratic Republic.

Solomon Robert Kagan papers undated, 1920-1955

Contains correspondence, printed material, and photographs relating to Jews in the medical profession, used as a basis for Kagan's several works on Jews in medicine, including the correspondence of members of the American Physicians Fellowship Committee of the Israel Medical Association; includes also correspondence relating to the Near East and the internationalization of Jerusalem, 1945-1954; and personal correspondence. Among the correspondents are Bernard M. Baruch and Christian A. Herter.