gb-003348-wl3000 9 1-877
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has beginning date: 1955-07-12
has end date: 1963-12-31
has or had holder: gb-003348
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had subject: 868
has record set type: Collection
history: The Leo Baeck Institute is an international research institute devoted to history and culture of German speaking Jewry. Established in 1955 and named after its first international president, liberal German rabbi Leo Baeck, the institute consists of three independent branches in New York, Jerusalem, and London. See Hoffmann, Ch., <a href"https://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/5423">Preserving the legacy of German Jewry: a history of the Leo Baeck Institute 1955-2005, Tübingen, Campus, 2005.
identifier: WL3000/9/1/877
is or was included in: gb-003348-wl3000 9 1
record resource extent: 300 items
scope and content: Correspondence regarding the establishment and subsequent development of the London branch of the Leo Baeck Institute (LBI). Related subjects are among others: the recruitment of board members, the finding and alterations of suitable premises, the establishment of a Society of Friends, the appointment of Arnold Paucker as the institute’s director, and the LBI’s publication projects, especially its Year Book. Contained are circulars and minutes of the LBI and the Council of Jews from Germany, Wiener Library memos, certain lists, and an expose by Alfred Wiener on the association of The Wiener Library and LBI London (1956).
title: Correspondence with Leo Baeck Institute London