Sammlung Benjamin Murmelstein (P151)

Identifier
irn539555
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.147.1
  • RG-68.194M
Dates
1 Jan 1922 - 31 Dec 1950
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

2 microfilm reels, 35 mm

89 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

Biographical History

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)]

Archival History

Arkhiyon ha-merkazi le-toldot ha-ʻam ha-Yehudi

Acquisition

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.

Scope and Content

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.

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.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Arkhiyon ha-merkazi le-toldot ha-ʻam ha-Yehudi

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This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.