Leo AbrahamCollection 1938-1983 bulk 1938-1942

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Leo AbrahamCollection 1938-1983 bulk 1938-1942

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The Leo AbrahamCollection documents the immigration of Leo Abraham to the United States on the eveof World War II. The collection contains mostly personal papers and correspondenceto his family who he attempted to get clearance to immigrate as well. After 1945,most of the papers in the collection are related to restitution for his loss ofproperty.

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Abraham, Ida

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Landau, David, 1956-

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Abraham, Else

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Bezirkamt für Wiedergutmachung

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Hirsch, Paul

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Born 1868, died 1940. Politician, Prussian Minister President, prominent member of the left-radical Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (Unabhängige Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands), and mayor of Dortmund from 1925-1932. From the guide to the Paul Hirsch Collection., circa 1903-2000, bulk 1903-1932, (Leo Baeck Institute Archives) Paul Hirsch (1881-1951) was born in Frankfurt on 24 February 1881. He began to collect music in 1897, initially focusing on Moza...

Abraham, Leo, 1902-1980

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Leo Abraham was born in Altenkirchen, Germany on October 27, 1902. Altenkirchen contained a small Jewish community, in which Abraham held an active role. He married Else Marx, and they had two children, Berta (Bertl) and Hannalore. By 1933, Abraham realized the threat of Nazism and prepared his family for immigration to Palestine. They received the visas, but due to a car accident in 1937, Abraham was unable to travel until after the visas expired. On Kristallnacht, Abraham was rounded up and se...