Caesar Seligmann Collection. 1929-1950

This collection primarily contains sermon manuscripts by Rabbi Caesar Seligmann and his son Erwin Seligmann. There are two copies (with handwritten edits) of a 1950 sermon entitled "Elohenu Welohr Abothenu: Unser Gott und Gott Unser Vaeter"; this sermon was given by Rabbi Dr. Caesar Seligmann in his 89th year. Other titles of sermon manuscripts that appear in the collection are: "Rede zur Eröffnung des Verbandstags des Preußischen Landesverbandes, am 3. Februar 1929" (1929); "Grundlagen des Glaubens" (1930); and "Renaissance des Relgiös-Liberalen Judentums in Frankfurt am Main" by Erwin Seligmann. Accompanying these sermon manuscripts is a program from The New Liberal Jewish Congregation in London with a memoriam for Rabbi Seligmann (1950), and a program from the Synagogue Review with a memoriam for Rabbi Seligmann (1950).Rabbi of the Hauptgemeinde in Frankfurt am Mein from 1902 to 1939. A leading figure of German liberal Jewry, emigrated to England in 1939.The original German language inventory is available in the folder.Photographs removed to Photograph CollectionProcessed for digitizationSent for digitizationReturned from digitizationLinked to online manifestationdigitize