Norbert Wollheim papers

Norbert Wollheim papers 

Norbert Wollheim papers 

boxes 54 

The Norbert Wollheim papers consist of correspondence, photographs, and printed materials documenting Wollheim’s prewar family life in Europe, his efforts to receive restitution for his slave labor at I.G. Farben, his immigration to the United States, and his continued work with other Holocaust survivor organizations such as the World Federation of Bergen-Belsen Survivors, the Auschwitz/Buna Memorial, the World Federation of Holocaust Survivors, the United Jewish Appeal, and the World Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors. Series 1, Life in Europe, primarily documents Norbert Wollheim’s life and activities in Europe before his immigration to the United States, including personal and professional correspondence from his years in Lübeck; legal records documenting his efforts to receive restitution for his slave labor at I.G. Farben; subject files about survivor conferences, postwar antisemitism, and emigration to Palestine; publications and clippings documenting Jewish survivor organizations; photographic materials documenting Wollheim’s family before the war and political and commemorative events after the war; and personal documents such as identification papers, calendars, and speeches. Subseries 1, Lübeck correspondence, includes Norbert Wollheim’s correspondence from his years in Lübeck after the war. The correspondence documents his postwar activities on behalf of survivors, and related travel, as well as his own marriage and the birth of his children. It includes professional, private, and personal correspondence with officials, aid organizations, friends, and relatives. Correspondents include Hermann Simon, Max Plaut, Karl Marx, Kurt Hecht, Rolf May, Hans and Gretl Royce, his sister and brother-in-law (Bellauer), and Julius Dreifuss. Subseries 2, Correspondence and related records regarding I.G. Farben, consists of legal records, correspondence, and clippings related to the slave labor Norbert Wollheim performed for I.G. Farben at Auschwitz during the war and his efforts to receive compensation after the war. Subseries 3, Subject files, includes topics such as survivor conferences, the desecration of Jewish cemeteries, restitution, Philip Auerbach, Erich Lüth, and the passengers on the ship Exodus who were not allowed to reach Palestine. Records include correspondence, clippings, notes, lists, reports, photographs, programs, and speeches. Subseries 4, Publications, includes publications by organizations such as the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the British Zone, Jewish Central Information Office, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, United Jewish Appeal, and the World Jewish Congress about survivor issues during the postwar period. Records include bulletins, newspapers, press releases, poems, and reports. Subseries 5, News clippings, includes topics such as the World Jewish Congress, the status of Jewish Displaced Persons, Palestine, war criminals, and restitution. Subseries 6, Photographs, includes photo albums and loose photographs depicting Wollheim, family members and friends, vacations, family celebrations, and political events in Germany, France, England, Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland, and Denmark before, during, and after World War II. This series includes postwar photographs of Bergen-Belsen, displaced persons camps, Leo Baeck, Stephen Wise, Nachum Goldmann, and Elie Wiesel. Subseries 7, Personal documents, consists of identification papers, calendars, speeches, personal publications, and notebooks. Series 2, Life in America, primarily documents Norbert Wollheim’s life and activities in America following his immigration, including personal correspondence; legal records documenting his efforts to receive restitution for his slave labor at I.G. Farben; correspondence documenting Wollheim’s work with survivor organizations World Federation of Bergen-Belsen Survivors, Auschwitz/Buna Memorial, and World Federation of Holocaust Survivors; subject files about the Holocaust and its memorialization; publications, periodicals, and news clippings; and photographs documenting survivors of Bergen-Belsen and Auschwitz-Buna, the United Jewish Appeal, and the World Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors. Subseries 1 consists of personal correspondence. Subseries 2, I. G. Farben and other restitution claims, consists of correspondence, legal and financial records, and printed material documenting I. G. Farben and other restitution claims. Subseries 3, World Federation of Bergen-Belsen Survivors, consists of correspondence and organizational records regarding the World Federation of Bergen-Belsen Survivors. Subseries 4, Auschwitz/Buna Memorial, consists of correspondence, organizational records, and news clippings documenting the Auschwitz/Buna Memorial. Subseries 5, World Federation of Holocaust Survivors, consist of correspondence and organization records documenting the World Federation of Holocaust Survivors. Subseries 6, Subject files, consists of subject files documenting facets of the Holocaust and Holocaust memorialization. Subseries 7, Publications, consists of publications documenting the work of Jewish organizations, Holocaust survivors, and the history of the Holocaust. Subseries 8, News clippings, consists of news clippings in English, German, and Hebrew dated 1960-1997. 

The Norbert Wollheim papers are arranged as two series and seventeen subseries: Series 1: Life in Europe, approximately 1900-1996 (bulk 1945-1954) Subseries 1: Lübeck correspondence, 1945-1954 Subseries 2: I.G. Farben, 1945-1958, 1996 Subseries 3: Subject files, 1945-1954 Subseries 4: Publications, 1928-1985 Subseries 5: News clippings, approximately 1940s-1970s Subseries 6: Photographs, approximately 1900-1955 Subseries 7: Personal documents, approximately 1945-1989 Series 2: Life in America, 1945-1998 (bulk 1951-1998) Subseries 1: Personal correspondence, 1956-1993 Subseries 2: I. G. Farben and other restitution claims, 1951-1998 Subseries 3: World Federation of Bergen-Belsen Survivors, 1958-1991 Subseries 4: Auschwitz/Buna Memorial, 1958-1992 Subseries 5: World Federation of Holocaust Survivors, 1979-1995 Subseries 6: Subject files, 1939-1998 Subseries 7: Publications, 1959-1993 Subseries 8: News clippings, 1960-1997 Subseries 9: Photographs, 1960-1981 Subseries 10: Periodicals, 1945-1952