(Prague 1872 - Treblinka 1942) "The Jews are much closer to freedom than the German. They are slaves, they will break their chains one day, and then they will be free. The German, however, is…
(Prague 1867 - Theresienstadt 1944) In the last volume of the yearbook Ha-Asif - "The Harvest" in Hebrew, published in Warsaw by Nahum Sokolov - there are several references that allow us to…
(1893 Fischhausen - 1944 Auschwitz) The book estate of Rabbi Emil Davidovič, which is now located in Heidelberg’s HfJS, consists to a large extent of Nazi loot, which had been collected from…
(Lakompak/Lackenbach 1887 - Auschwitz 1944) An exhibition in memory of Dr. Tobias Jakobovits The estate of Rabbi Emil Davidovič, which is kept in the library of the University of Jewish…
(1900 Wrocław – 1978 Israel) In 1916, the 16-year-old schoolgirl Nelly Grünmandel from Breslau received a small booklet as a gift from her religion teacher. It is a Haggadah with a glued-in…
(1869 Ahaus - 1943 Theresienstadt) In the library of the HfJS we have so far identified three books with the handwritten name of a person called Moses Gottschalk. These are a prayer book from…
(1901 Vienna - 1945 Landsberg am Lech/Kaufering) We found an unusual stamp as proof of ownership in the "Philo-Lexikon. Handbuch des Jüdischen Wissens", published in 1937: HUGO ISRAEL…
(1903 Salzuflen -1978 Cape Town) The book "Jüdische Sagen und Legenden" by Bernhard Kuttner (1904) contains several provenance references. Not only can the owner be identified, but it is also…
Eva Ehrenberg, née Sommer (1891 Frankfurt am Main - 1973 London) and Dr. Victor Ehrenberg (1891 Altona - 1976 London) In case we not only identify Nazi looted property in our library but…
(1925 Weener - 2008 The Hague) The book "Bilder und Klänge. Unterhaltendes und Belehrendes für die Jugend" (1925) contains the following dedication: Dem lieben Joachim de Jonge, für seine…
