Leopold Rosenak Collection, Leo Baeck Institute New York, AR 1701
This collection primarily contains newspaper extracts and circulars from WWI and the early 1920s, regarding Rabbi Leopold Rosenak's struggle againstantisemitism in Germany during this period. Several of the articles regard Jews in the German army during WWI. Includes a 1921 letter to Rabbi Leopold Rosenak signed by Hindenburg,which Ignatz Rosenak, writing in a 1944 memoir also included in this collection, describes as reflecting a state of mind so biased, so devoid of decency and even thesemblance of a desire for impartiality... Also includes photograph of Leopold Rosenak.
CONTRIBUTOR
Rosenak | Leopold
DATE
1917- 1980
LANGUAGE
deu
ITEMS
98
INSTITUTION
Leo Baeck Institute New York
PROGRESS
METADATA
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Volantino italiano lanciato da aerei per dissuadere militari tedeschi Istruzioni per lancio petardo francese OP Gruppo medaglie di bronzo || Recatosi per lavoro a New York, allo scoppio della guerra decide di tornare in Italia per arruolarsi da convinto interventista. Partecipa alla campagna del Piave nel corpo degli Arditi. Consegue tre medaglie d’argento e tre di bronzo per il suo particolare valore, ferito due volte. Produce circa venti diari autografi in cui descrive le sue gesta. Dopo la sua partecipazione agli arditi diventa fascista. Muore per un incidente aereo nel 1931 durante un sopraluogo. Partecipa alla marcia su Roma.