Erwin Lichtenstein Collection ; 1926-1989

The Erwin Lichtenstein Collection documents the work of Erwin Lichtenstein as an author. The bulk of the archival collection is in reference to his book "Die Juden der Freien Stadt Danzig unter der Herrschaft des Nationalsozialismus 1933-1945". The correspondence with Sam Echt, Werner Feilchenfeld, Ernst Loops and others reflect the response to Erwin Lichtenstein's publication. Noteworthy with regard to the book is the correspondence between Günter Grass and Erwin Lichtenstein. Although the bulk of the documents consists of correspondence, the collection also includes newspaper articles and book reviews, corrections and changes and the original manuscript of the aforementioned book.Walter Friedlaender ; Herbert Perlman (1948) ; Dr. Ludwig Hollaender (1935) ; deportations and death of Max Lichtenstein in Theresienstadt ; sister Kaethe Lichtenstein ; dissertation of Max Lichtenstein ; Rabbi Neuhaus ; Max Vogelstein and Hermann Vogelstein ; Max Fuerst ; John Vogelstein ; Trott von Solz ; Julie Braun-Vogelstein ; Blumenfeld, Diana ; Turkow, Jonas ; Hamburger, Ernst ; Hollaender, LudwigErwin Lichtenstein was born February 16, 1901 in Koenigsberg (today Kaliningrad, Russia). He was the son of the lawyer (Justizrat) Dr. Max Lichtenstein. Erwin Lichtenstein studied law at the universities of Koenigsberg, Berlin and Leipzig. In 1922 he completed his doctoral studies. Afterwards he was a lawyer for the National Association of the ‘Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger mit jüdischem Glauben’ in East Prussia. 1923-1926 he was the editor of the weekly "Danziger Rundschau". He practiced law in Germany from 1930-1933. After his exclusion from the bar, due to being Jewish, he returned to Danzig (Gdansk, Poland). He was the head of the relief organization of the Jewish Centralwohlfahrtstelle. From 1933 until his emigration in 1939 to Tel Aviv, Lichtenstein was the head of the Danzig Jewish Community and he was also editor of the ‘Jüdisches Gemeindeblatt’. In 1953, he started to practice law in Israel. In 1973 Erwin Lichtenstein published "Die Juden der Freien Stadt Danzig unter der Herrschaft des Nationalsozialismus 1933-1945" for the Leo Baeck Institute.Erwin Lichtenstein's book may be found in the LBI Library, call number DS 135 G4 D35 L53digitizedJüdisches Gemeindeblatt.Juedisches Gemeindeblat