Solomon Adler-Rudel Collection 1927-1948

Speeches, essays, reports, statistics, and lecture notes by Adler-Rudel on Jews in Germany, problems of German-Jewish emigration, and the situation of refugees in Europe, the Americas, and Palestine.Reports by others on conditions during World War II, including material on Arab fascists in Palestine, an account by a German diplomat on Lithuania under German occupation, and a report by Norbert Masur on a meeting with Heinrich Himmler in April 1945 (Addenda: copy of Masur report in German, photocopy, 10 pages)Manuscript: "Taetigkeitsbericht der Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland". German, 281 pp; photocopy of typescript; undated. Manscript of a book on the work of the Jewish social service agency from 1933-1939. Includes statistics and other material on German-Jewish emigration, demography, education, etc. Also includes a foreword by Robert Weltsch and an appendix on the history of the Reichsvertretung by Schaul Esch.Clippings; memorials; articles (AR 2247).Born in Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary (now Chernovtsy, USSR), on June 23, 1894, Adler-Rudel was a social worker in Berlin and Vienna. From 1933 to 1936, he was executive secretary of the Reichsvertretung der deutschen Juden and a member of the executive committee of the Zionistische Vereinigung fuer Deutschland. In 1936, he emigrated to Great Britain, and in 1949 to Israel. Adler-Rudel held important positions with the Association of Jewish Refugees, the World Zionist Organization, and the Leo Baeck Institute. He died in Jerusalem on November 14, 1975.7-page inventory.Published under title, "Juedische Selbshilfe unter dem Naziregime"; copy in Library.Photographs removed to Photograph Collectiondigitize

Philanthropy Vs. Unproductive Charity. The Case of Baron Maurice De Hirsch

In Argentina today it has become essential for the State to provide assistance to a large portion of the population; nevertheless, this social work lacks purpose unless it is used to encourage those who are assisted to fend for themselves. Otherwise, the beneficiaries would be condemned to virtual indigence, as they would be indirectly excluded from productive society. This concept of philanthropy as opposed to charity is not new; and it is interesting to note that more than one century ago, in Argentina, a singularly successful philanthropic undertaking was carried out that was imbued with this ideology. In 1891 Baron Maurice de Hirsch founded the Jewish Colonization Association, which was to become one of the greatest philanthropic undertakings of its time, through which a gigantic experiment in social welfare was carried out, based on the organized immigration of thousands of people from the Russian Empire to Argentina, with the aim of setting up agricultural colonies. Immigrants were to be given the opportunity to own their land, although this was not a gift, as they were required to pay for it, just as they were required to repay all the loans in kind received during their transfer through to their first harvests, as well as the corresponding interest. This paper represents a first step in the study of this enterprise. In it, we will center our attention on the views on philanthropy held by Baron de Hirsch, illustrating them by reference to the various projects carried out on the basis of that ideology

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Education in the Colonies of the Jewish Colonization Association in Argentina

The philanthropic activity of Baron de Hirsch was clearly marked by one characteristic: not providing charity but attempting the economic rehabilitation of the beneficiaries. Hirsch systematically suggests that education and professional training were the only way to break the vicious circle of poverty. For instance, for more than a decade Baron de Hirsch spent his time and money in the economic rehabilitation of his coreligionists, both in the Ottoman Empire and in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, through education and professional training. In 1891, after discarding the possibility of improving the quality of life of Jews in the Russian Empire through the establishment of an educational system, similar to what was done in other societies, Hirsch founded the Jewish Colonization Association (J.C.A.) through which he would manage the immigration of thousands of people to Argentina and their settlement in agricultural colonies. The original rules of the J.C.A. gave Hirsch full control over the activities of the Association; therefore, this paper hypothesized that the educational actions of the Jewish Colonization Association in the colonies should have been all consistent with Hirsch's vision on education. The evidence presented clearly supports this hypothesis