Articles and other documents relating to Rabbi Aladar Deutsch and the Jewish community of Prague
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Aladar Deutsch
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The materials came into the possession of William Dickman after the death of his wife, Ilka Deutsch Dickman. William is the son-in-law of Aladar Deutsch. The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Feb 1986.
Scope and Content
Consists of articles relating to Rabbi Aladar Deutsch, the last chief rabbi of Prague, Czechoslovakia, prior to the Holocaust, and the Jewish community of Prague. Other documents in the collection include the birth certificate of Aladar Deutsch and a letter written by Deutsch to his daughter informing her of the lift of the quarantine in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Each document is accompanied by a summary description written in English by William Dickman.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic
People
- Dickman, William J.
- Lieben, Salomon.
- Deutsch, Fabian.
- Stark, Betti.
- Dickman, Ilka D.
- Deutsch, Aladar.
Corporate Bodies
- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
- Rabbis.
- Jews--Genealogy.
- Prisoners.
- Jews--Social life and customs.
- Synagogues.
- Prague (Czech Republic)
- Jews--Czechoslovakia.
Genre
- Document
- Birth certificates.
- Letters.