Bar Kochba-Theodor Herzl Prague Academic Association Collection 1931-1977

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Bar Kochba-Theodor Herzl Prague Academic Association Collection 1931-1977

The collection contains a comprehensive or nearly comprehensive collection of the newsletter sent regularly to former members of the Bar Kochba and TheodorHerzl academic associations of Prague which existed in the first part of the 20th century. Numerous prominent writers, scientists, lawyers, doctors, and other men and women of notestemming from German-speaking families of Bohemia published historical, political, and scientific essays, articles, and letters in the pages of the internationally-distributednewsletter. The newsletters in this collection were mailed to Robert Weltsch, a member and frequent contributor.

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Kohn, Robert

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Adler, Norbert

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Kestenberg-Gladstein, Ruth

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Kohn, Hans, 1891-1971

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