Early Aufbau masthead (Leo Baeck Institute Library, C14)
The Aufbau was a journal for German-speaking Jews around the globe. It was founded in 1934 by the German-Jewish Club which was later renamed the New World Club. It was published in New York until April 2004. Hannah Arendt, Albert Einstein, Thomas Mann, and Stefan Zweig wrote for the publication. The original purpose of the journal was as a monthly newsletter for the club, which included information and helpful facts for Jewish refugees. The Aufbau became one of the leading anti-Nazi publications of the German press in exile. From September 1, 1944 through September 27, 1946, the Aufbau printed numerous lists of Jewish Holocaust survivors located in Europe, as well as a few lists of victims.
Digitization:
1951-2004: The Library of the Leo Baeck Institute New York digitized these years via the Internet Archives. A few issues were contributed by the New York Public Library as well as the Mikrofilmarchiv der Deutschsprachigen Presse in Dortmund. Partial funding was provided by Metropolitan New York Library Council.
1934-1950: The German National Library digitized these years as part of its Exilpresse Digital (Exile Newspapers Digitization) Project.
An index to personal names that appeared in Aufbau between 1941 and 2003 is available online from the Aufbau Indexing Project.
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