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Berlin (Germany)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File
Scope Note: For headings before 1949 and after 1990. Headings for 1949-1990 are found under: Berlin (Germany : East); Berlin (Germany : West). Valid for Berlin as a city and as a state.

Found in 126 Collections and/or Records:

"Mädchen mit Reh (aus Liebesgedichte)" or "Girl with Deer (from Love Poetry)", 1922

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Identifier: B333.08.0003.00001
Abstract

Black and white lithograph on paper. Image is of a woman with her arms around a deer standing in a forested area by a tree with plants in the foreground. Title in German is underneath image but illegible. Signed "Hofer" and "No. 25."

Dates: 1922

Margot Grünfeld Shafran: Escape from Nazi Germany Survival in the Shanghai Ghetto, 2015-09

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Identifier: B452.01.0001.0004
Abstract Oral history interview with Margot Grünfeld Shafran. Margot, born on January 10, 1924 in Berlin, Germany, discusses her early years as a treasured only child; growing up with an extended Jewish family in Berlin in the 1920s and 1930s; her father Reuben Grünfeld, a Polish citizen who in October 1939 was seized and deported to the Polish border where he languished for nine months until his wife, Lotte Secher Grünfeld, arranged for three sets of papers and...
Dates: 2015-09

Maria Loewenstein's Temporary Identification Papers, 1946 February 11

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Identifier: B333.05.0001.0005.00006
Abstract Maria Loewenstein's temporary identification papers issued after World War II by the Polizeipräsident in Berlin. The front cover says Temporary ID in German and the number, Nr. L. 0011106. The back cover has not been filled out. The rest of this page, the section for children under the age of fifteen, is blank. Left side interior of the card contains information about Maria Loewenstein: name, occupation, birth date and place, nationality, and fingerprint. Right side interior has a...
Dates: 1946 February 11

Maria Lowenstein's Exemption from Clearance Work, 1945 May 19

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Identifier: B333.05.0001.0005.00008
Abstract

Document from the Mayor of Berlin-Schöneberg certifying that Maria does not have to participate in the "clearance work" or "clearing rubble" because of her "hours as a business helper" in an office, possibly a medical office. At this point Berlin was badly damaged by the war.

Dates: 1945 May 19

Max Loewenstein and Heinrich Loewenstein, circa 1939

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Identifier: B333.01.01.00016
Abstract

Heinrich Loewenstein [Henry Lowenstein] and his father Max Loewenstein pose for an informal photograph in Berlin, Germany.

Dates: circa 1939

Max Loewenstein's Dissertation, 1913 May 8

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Identifier: B333.01.0001.0001.00011
Abstract

Dr. Max Loewenstein's dissertation for completion of Medical School about childhood leukemia. The dissertation is twenty-five pages in length and includes a chart folded in the back. Max dedicated it to his mother.

Dates: 1913 May 8

Max Loewenstein's Report to the Police, 1942 May 14

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Identifier: B333.02.0001.0002.00013
Abstract Dr. Max Loewenstein's registration with the Polizeipräsident, police registration office, Berlin, Germany, after his discharge from Wittenauer Sanitarium. The front of the form has been filled out by hand by Max and includes his current and former addresses, full name, occupation, birth date and place, religion, and address. Dr. Max Loewenstein and an official have signed this form. Three official stamps are on the front of this form; a circle with the Nazi eagle surrounded by German...
Dates: 1942 May 14

Max Loewenstein's Temporary Identification Papers, 1946 February 12

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Identifier: B333.05.0001.0005.00003
Abstract Dr. Max Loewenstein's temporary identification papers issued after World War II by the Polizeipräsident in Berlin. The front cover says Temporary ID in German and the number, Nr. L. 0011104. The back cover has handwritten in the "Official Changes" section that Max had a previous identity card and this information is signed, dated, and stamped by the Chief of Police. The rest of this page, the section for children under the age of fifteen, is blank. Left side interior of the card contains...
Dates: 1946 February 12

Max Lowenstein's Ration Card, 1945-1946

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Identifier: B333.05.0001.0005.00007
Abstract

Ration card issued to Max Lowenstien, ID number 6389 in district M by the "Jüdische Gemeinde zu Berlin" or the "Jewish Community in Berlin." The bottom of the card is signed "Maria Lowenstein." Ten columns across back titled Kartoffeln (potato), Gemüse (vegetables) and then labeld A-H. There are several date stamps across the columns.

Dates: 1945-1946

Max Lowenstein's Registration of Employment, 1946 March 19

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Identifier: B333.05.0001.0005.00009
Abstract

Registraion form certifying Max Lowenstein's employment stamped by the City of Berlin Mayoral office. Form lists Max's birth date, address, that he was certified by his employer and dated March 19, 1946.

Dates: 1946 March 19