Margarete Muehsam Collection 1913-1975
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Centralverein Deutscher Staatsbürger Jüdischen Glaubens
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The Central-Verein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens (CV) was founded by German Jewish intellectuals on 26 March 1893 in Berlin, with the intention of opposing the rise of Anti-Semitism in the German Empire. Shortly after its founding it had 1,420 members and in 1926 approximately 60,000 members. The CV's aim was to unify German citizens of Jewish faith, to fight for the Jews' rights as citizens and to combat rising Anti-Semitism. Commitment to the German Nation ...
Leo Baeck institute
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Stefan Zweig was born November 28, 1881, in Vienna, Austria into a family of wealthy industrialist. He studied in Austria, France, and Germany, earning his doctoral degree at the University of Vienna. After a short stop as literary editor of the Neue Freie Presse under Theaodor Herzl, Stefan Zweig became a most prolific and widely read critic and author of novels, biographies, plays, etc. In 1913 he settled in Salzburg, getting married to Friderike von Winternitz in 1914. During World War I he w...
Muehsam-Edelheim, Margarete T. (née Meseritz), 1891-1975
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Born Margarethe Meseritz in Berlin on September 18, 1891, Muehsam studied law and then worked as a journalist. She was married to John Edelheim from 1918 until his death in 1931, and was active in journalism, politics and Jewish affairs. She emigrated to the United States in 1938, where she continued her journalistic activities. She married Eduard Muehsam in 1946. She was a member of the board of directors of the Leo Baeck Institute, and died in New York City on May 26, 1975. From th...
