Overview
- Description
- Private papers of Prof. Dr. Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich (1921-2007), a Swiss Jewish religious philosopher. Consists of certificates, photographs, family history, school and studies history, reports, refugee files, documents regarding reparation and inheritance, prizes and honors, articles for books and magazines, press articles, letters to the editor, radio and television articles, teaching material, and correspondence, e.g. with Leo Baeck, Peter Nathan Levinson, Gertrud Luckner, Franz Mussner, Rolf Rendtorff, Julius Schoeps, Albert Speer, Herbert Strauss; correspondence between the Christian-Jewish working group in Switzerland; correspondence B'nai B'rith, et al. with Anne Frank-Fonds, Conseil Représentatif des institutions juifs de France, International Center for Peace in the Middle East, Willy Brandt, Hertha Däubler-Gmelin, Klaus von Dohnanyi, Heinz Galinski, Rudolf Kirchschläger, Jean-Marie Lustiger, Michael Mertes, Hans -Jochen Vogel, Simon Wiesenthal, Beate Winkler; correspondence in connection with activities in various bodies and commissions; and bulletins "Christian-Jewish Forum"; "The B'nai B'rith International Jewish Monthly"; "B'nai B'rith Bulletin"; "B'nai B'rith Journal"; "B'nai B'rith News"; bulletins from member boxes of the B'nai B'rith. Records relate mainly to diverse commitment of Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich in the context of Christian-Jewish dialogue. It reflects in almost all of his activities, as the secretary of the Christian-Jewish working group in Switzerland, as a director of the continental European district of B'nai B'rith and representative of B'nai B'rith International, or in his journalistic work and his lecturing. Of particular interest are Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich's reports on his life in National Socialist Germany, his escape and his first years as a refugee in Switzerland.
- Alternate Title
- Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich papers
- Date
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inclusive:
1904-2009
- Collection Creator
- Ernst L. Ehrlich
- Biography
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Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich (March 27, 1921-October 21, 2007) was a Swiss Jewish religious philosopher. Ehrlich fled Nazi Germany for Switzerland in June 1943, using a false passport. From 1961 to 1994 he was European director of the Jewish organisation B'nai B'rith. He was an adviser to German Cardinal Augustin Bea at the Second Vatican Council in preparing "Nostra aetate", a key document on Roman Catholic-Jewish relations. He died at his home in Riehen, a suburb of Basel.
- Reference
- Homolka, W./Barniske, T. (Hg.). Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich. Von Hiob zu Horkheimer. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter Verlag, 2009
Heinz, H./Henrix, H.H. (Hg.). "Was uns trennt, ist die Geschichte." Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich - Vermittler zwischen Juden und Christen. München: Neue Stadt, 2008
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Articles. Bulletins. Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Correspondence. Photographs. Postcards. Protocols. Reports.
- Extent
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1,005 digital images : PDF.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in six series: 1. Biography materials; 2. Christian-Jewish Working Group (CJA) in Switzerland; 3. B'nai B'rith; 4. Participation in committees and commissions; 5. Other activities; 6. Collection of press articles and other materials.
Correspondence organized alphabetically and chronologically.
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- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. Users are required to complete a User Declaration in order to gain access to the collection.
- Conditions on Use
- No publication and copies of the records and finding aids to the 3rd party users without the written permission from the Archiv für Zeitgeschichte (AfZ). The Museum may not transfer the materials or duplicate records thereof or any of the finding aids to any third party, except as permitted in the Cooperation Contract, Article II paragraph 5 herein or as otherwise permitted in writing by the AfZ. The Museum may not publish the reproduction material or finding aid on the Internet, World Wide Web, or any publicly accessible on-line network without the written permission of the AfZ. Contact afz@history.gess.ethz.ch.
- Copyright Holder
- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte - Archivleitung
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence. Jewish refugees--Switzerland--History--20th century. Jews--Germany--History--1945-1990. Holocaust survivors--Germany. Jews--Germany--History. Judaism--Relations--Christianity--1945. Christianity and other religions--Judaism--1945. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Berlin. Jewish philosophers--Germany--Biography. Religious communities. Jewish committees (ushmm) Human rights advocacy
- Geographic Name
- Germany--Politics and government--20th century. Switzerland--Politics and government--20th century. France Zurich (Switzerland) Basel (Switzerland) Germany
- Personal Name
- Amédée, Grab. Baeck, Leo, 1873-1956. Bartoszewski, Wladyslaw. Battel, Franco. Brandt, Willy, 1913- Däubler-Gmelin, Hertha. Dohnanyi, Klaus von, 1928- Ehrlich, Ernst Ludwig, 1921-2007. Ehrlich, Eva. Feigel, Sigi. Galinski, Heinz. Kirchschläger, Rudolf, 1915- Kolleg, Abraham Geiger. Levinson, Peter Nathan. Luckner, Gertrude. Lustiger, Jean-Marie, 1926-2007. Merkel, Angela. Mertes, Michael. Mussner, Franz. Rendtorff, Rolf, 1925-2014. Schoeps, Julius H. (Julius Hans), 1942- Speer, Albert, 1905-1981. Strauss, Herbert, 1948- Vogel, Hans-Jochen, 1926-2020. Wiesenthal, Simon. Winkler, Beate, 1949-
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte - Archivleitung
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte (AfZ), Switzerland; Archival signature: NL Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in June 2020.
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