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Heinrich Grüber (1891-1975) was a Protestant pastor who was a leading figure in the Confessing Church (Bekennende Kirche) in and around Berlin in the 1930s, serving as pastor of a congregation in Kaulsdorf and establishing an office that sought to assist Jewish converts to Christianity who were persecuted by the Nazis, an office that was later known as the "Büro-Grüber," and which sought to provide ...

56 pages ; 19 cm

Ferdinand Veil (1909-vermisst April 1945) kam als Vikar auf die II. Pfarrstelle. Als Deutschchrist hatte er zunehmend Differenzen mit Pastor Michaelis, der sich den Bekennenden Kirche zuwendete. Veil zog 1941 freiwillig in den Krieg. In der Schlacht um Berlin wurde er am Prenzlauer Berg im April 1945 schwer verwundet. Er kam in Gefangenschaft der Roten Armee. 12 pagina's. ; 17 cm.

2. Aufl. 32 p. ; 20 cm

1. Auflage. 239 pages : portrait ; 19 cm

Pp. 32-85 present reports, testimonies, and documents on the fourth deportation of Jews from Frankfurt to Lublin in May 1942, the liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto in April 1943, and the deportation of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz in June 1944. The booklet begins and ends with prayers and sermons held in Basel and Zürich in June-July 1944 on behalf of the persecuted Jews. 108 pages 21 cm

184 pages frontispiece (portrait) 23 cm

Copyright Holder: Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen

Karl Loewenstein (1887-1976) was born to Jewish parents in Siegen, Germany, and in 1917 he married Margot Hamburger, who also came from a Jewish family. In 1919, however, he converted to Christianity as a Lutheran. After having served as a naval officer during World War I, he worked as a director of a bank in Berlin, named Busse and Co. He was active in a Lutheran parish in Berlin-Weissensee, and in ...

Elizabeth Cecilia Gabrielle Weigl (later Deutschhausen, 1902-1994) was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria), to Alfred C. and Ida H. Kling (1877-1962) Weigl. Elizabeth often went by the nickname, Elsie, and had one younger brother, Alfred (1906-1969). Elizabeth graduated from the Vienna Art School, where she studied art and theater set and costume design. She also designed lace, clothing, ...

Heinrich Reiner (1892-1946), engeneer in his profession, joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) as early as 1923. After the National Socialist seizure of power in 1933, he was appointed to senior posts in the government of Hessen. From August 1934 to June 1937 Reiner officiated as deputy of the Gauleiter of the Nazi Gau (district) Hesse-Nassau. In April 1935 he became deputy of the leader of the Hessian state ...

This collection consists of some personal papers of Karl Loewenstein, controversial former head of the security apparatus at Theresienstadt. The papers include an unpublished account of his time in Theresienstadt; sundry related documents and correspondence from and about his time in Theresienstadt. There are apparently two copies of the report entitled <em>Aus der Hölle Minsk in das Paradies Theresienstadt</em>. ...