
German-Jewish Feminism in the Twentieth Century
This article aims to introduce the realities and contributions of Jewish women in Germany which – like all women in history – have often been overlooked. View Collection

Doris Orgel
The life and writing career of Austrian-born children's book author Doris Orgel (1929-2021), author of more than 50 children's and Young Adults' books. View Collection

Alice Urbach's Stolen Cookbook
Alice Urbach was a single working mother of two whose cookbook So kocht man in Wien! was a bestseller until it was stolen during the Holocaust. View Collection

New Library Acquisitions
The LBI Library collects publications related to the history and culture of German-speaking Jews. A rotating selection of recent publications are featured on this webpage as well as a link to a comprehensive list of new acquisitions. View Collection

Kern-Martin Family Collection
The Kern-Martin Family Collection documents the related Kern-Martin, Kern, and Temple families, with a focus on family members who left Vienna to establish new lives in England and the United States. View Collection

Learn your Alef-Bet
As the threat of National Socialism grew, Zionism had an increasing roll in German- and Austrian-Jewish children's literature, spurring a revival in Hebrew-language children's books. View Collection

Inventing German-Jewish Children's Literature - Part 2
In the latter half of the 19th century, German-Jewish children's books were increasingly written in German, often with a emphasis on "Bildung." View Collection

Inventing German-Jewish Children's Literature - Part 1
Explore the beginnings of German-Jewish children's literature with the earliest textbooks published for German-Jewish children. View Collection

Lesser Ury
Lesser Ury is renowned as one of the leading modern artists in early 20th century Germany. His life and work is particularly associated with the city of Berlin. View Collection

The Salomons-Fox Family Collection
The Salomons and Fox families were interrelated Jewish families from Austria and Germany who immigrated to the United States. The families include artists, performers, social workers, and merchants. View Collection

New Additions to the Art and Object Collection
On this website you will find a selection of paintings, drawings, prints, and artifacts that were recently donated to the Leo Baeck Institute's Art & Object Collection. This color illustrated cigarette trading card shows a caricature of famous German-Jewish fencer Helene Mayer, circa 1932. View Collection

Ruth Rogers-Altmann
An introduction to the life and work of Ruth Rogers- Altmann, a famous Austrian sportswear designer and artist. View Collection

Gertrud Kolmar's Lyrical Body
Gertrud Kolmar's powerful poetic voice drew the reader inward into poet's internal being. Kolmar continued to write, even as the world fell apart around her during the Holocaust. View Collection

Hermann Struck
Hermann Struck was a talented and well connected German-Jewish artist whose main discipline was lithographs and etchings, of both scenery and portraiture.. View Collection
LBI collections grew out of our founders’ effort to salvage the material and intellectual culture of German-speaking Jews that was nearly lost in the Holocaust. Today, these collections are an essential resource for scholars, genealogists, families, educators, students, and the public.
- Our Online Catalog provides the descriptions of all our collections with links to digitized forms when already available.
- Please contact LBI's Dr. Robert Ira Lewy Reference Service for collection related questions.
- See also our Reproductions and Permissions policies and order form.
- Related: Guide to LBI's Online Catalog
- In the tiles below you can browse selected highlights of the collections.
The LBI archives preserve over 2,000 memoirs, 25,000 photographs, hundred of audio interviews, and millions of pages of correspondence, genealogical materials, and business and civil records that touch upon virtually every aspect of the German-Jewish experience. Entrusted to LBI by refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe and their descendants, these papers document the lives and work of luminaries such as Albert Einstein and Joseph Roth as well as ordinary people from all walks of life since the 18th century.
- Search all archival collections through our Online Catalog which also provides links to already digitized collections.
- Browse digitized archival collections through our DigiBaeck Website.
- Access larger archival collections through their Finding Aids which feature scope, historical, and biographical notes.
- Monitor additions here: New Archival Collections.
- In the tiles below you can browse selected highlights of the archival collections.
LBI’s 80,000-volume library is internationally recognized as the world’s foremost collection focused on the history of German-speaking Jews. Rich in rarities including early Renaissance-era pamphlets, first editions of works by Moses Mendelssohn, Heinrich Heine, and Franz Kafka, and limited edition art books, the Library also collects the latest publications in the field. A comprehensive collection of periodicals encompasses publications ranging from congregation bulletins to the major émigré paper, Aufbau.
- Search all library holdings through our Online Catalog which also provides links to already digitized collections
- Browse digitized library collections through our DigiBaeck website.
- Browse digitized periodicals at LBI's Periodicals at Internet Archives.
- Monitor new purchases here: New Library Acquisitions.
- Library Collection Development Policy
- In the tiles below you can browse selected highlights of the library collection.
From engravings depicting Jewish life in German lands in the 16th century to abstract works by German-Jewish émigrés in the second half of the 20th century to everyday life objects, the works in the art and objects collection complement the archival and library collections as a visual record of German-Jewish history. Among the thousands of paintings, sculptures, watercolors, drawings, prints, and objects are many fine works of great artistic and historical significance. More importantly, the art collection in its totality forms an unparalleled documentation of the material culture of German-speaking Jewry.
- Search all art and objects through our Online Catalog which also provides links to already digitized collections.
- Browse digitized art works and objects through our DigiBaeck website.
- Browse a selection of digitized arts works and objects in the Edythe Griffinger Portal.
- Monitor New Additions to the Art and Object Collection.
- In the tiles below you can browse selected highlights of the art and object collection.