Великая ложа Германии еврейского ордена "Бней-Брит" (УОББ) (г. Берлин)

The collection's contents are described in three inventories; the collection has a geographical index. Deposited in the collection are the constitution of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith; charters of the Grand Lodge and of affiliated lodges in Germany and the United States; the charters of the order's committees on youth organizations and Jewish women's organizations; the charters of affiliated lodges' courts of honor; draft charters of youth organizations; the charters of the women's charitable society Schwesternbund, of the Eintracht lodge's women's organization, and of the women's auxiliaries of lodges in East Prussia and elsewhere; the charter of the Association of Jewish Nurses; the charter of the B'nai B'rith employment bureau and of the Jewish labor exchange organizing committee; the charter of the local Eschwege lodge's home for the disabled; the charter of the Jaffe orphanage; the charter of the Jewish sanatorium for nervous disorders in Frankfurt-on-Main; the charters of the charitable societies Madchen-Haus Pankow and the G. Tuch Society in Hamburg; and draft amendments to the charters of the Grand Lodge and its affiliated lodges. The collection has documents of the 24th Congress of the German Grand Lodge, as well as materials on the activities of B'nai B'rith lodges in the United States, Palestine, Austria, Poland, Turkey, and Switzerland, and documents of the International Congress of B'nai B'rith held in Tel Aviv in 1934. Deposited in the collection are reports on the activities of the Grand Lodge, of its general committee, the propaganda committee, and finance committee; as well as reports of the Union of Jewish Youth Associations. A large part of the collection consists of documents of local affiliated lodges: minutes of meetings, correspondence, reports on personnel, and financial statements. The lodges with extensive documentation in the collection include East Prussia (in Allenstein/Osterode), Mamre, Montefiore (Berlin), Reichsloge, Berthold Auerbach (Berlin), Timendorfer, Akiba Eger, Westphalia, Lessing (Berlin), Manuel Josel, and Edward Lasker.