Nathan Eidinger Collection

Collection

Identifier: AR 7033

Staff Only

Abstract

The bulk of the collection holds manuscripts, correspondence and clippings pertaining to the work of the industrialist Nathan Eidinger in achieving emancipation for Romanian Jews after World War One. Also included are documents related to his and his family’s plight in Switzerland and France during World War Two.

Dates

Creation: 1918-1976

Creator

Eidinger, Dory (Person)

Language of Materials

This collection is in German and French.

Access

The Nathan Eidinger Collection may be viewed online.

Use Restrictions

There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:

Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011

email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org

Biographical Note

The industrialist and grain merchant Nathan Eidinger (1879-1945) from the Bukovina was instrumental in organizing supplies for the Austrian-Hungarian Army during World War One. After the war he used his friendship to high-ranking Austrian officials, particularly to Imperial Austria’s foreign minister Ottokar Czenin (1872–1932), who expressed his friendship and esteem for Eidinger in letters to him and to the Austrian press, supporting autonomy for Jews in Palestine.

Nathan Eidinger, his wife Bertha née Fischler, their daughters Dora and Sabine, and their son, the physician Alfred Eidinger spent the years during World War Two in Switzerland and in France, where they were interned in Camp Drancy. Dr. Alfred Eidinger was executed by French officials in 1943.