Overview
- Description
- Personal papers of Benjamin Murmelstein and his family: correspondence, official reports and documents from the Jewish Community Vienna, family photographs, articles and manuscripts written by Benjamin Murmelstein.
- Date
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inclusive:
1922-1950
- Collection Creator
- Benjamin Murmelstein
- Biography
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Benjamin Murmelstein (1905-1989), a rabbi and intellectual, became head of the emigration department of the welfare office of the Jewish Community Vienna after the annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany and the reopening of the Jewish community under Nazi control on May 2, 1938. In that capacity, Murmelstein worked closely with Adolf Eichmann and the Central Office for Jewish Emigration. After his deportation to Theresienstadt, he eventually became the last head of the Jewish Council in Theresienstadt. Murmelstein was extensively interviewed by Claude Lanzmann for his seminal documentary Shoah but the interview was not used in that film. Lanzmann chose Murmelstein as the subject of his 2013 documentary "The Last of the Unjust" which is based on the interviews. [Source: The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People Jerusalem (CAHJP)]
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Articles. Correspondence. Manuscripts. Photographs. Reports.
- Extent
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2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
89 digital images : JPEG ; 79.2 MB .
- System of Arrangement
- Arranges in five series: 1. Personal documents of Benjamin Murmelstein and his family, 1922-1950; 2. Correspondence, 1927-1940; 3. Jewish Community in Vienna, 1928-1938; 4. Articles and manuscripts (not dates); 5. Family photographs (88 photographs), 1930-1950.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- 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
- Fair use only. Publication and reproduction of records for commercial purposes for third parties require the written permission of the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP).
- Copyright Holder
- Arkhiyon ha-merkazi le-toldot ha-ʻam ha-Yehudi
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Austria--Vienna. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Austria. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--Vienna.
- Geographic Name
- Austria--Politics and government--1938-1945. Vienna (Austria)
- Personal Name
- Murmelstein, Benjamin, 1905-1989.
- Corporate Name
- Jewish committees (ushmm) Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Arkhiyon ha-merkazi le-toldot ha-ʻam ha-Yehudi
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP) (Arkhiyon ha-merkazi le-toldot ha-ʻam ha-Yehudi ), Signature: P151. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in June 2016.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-01-05 13:27:00
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