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Kaznelson, Siegmund, 1893-1959 (Creator of the archive)
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Siegmund Kaznelson (1893 Warszaw–1959 Jerusalem), editor, publisher, Zionist, and historian, was best known for documenting German Jewry in his book Juden im Deutschen Kulturbereich (1934) ('Jews in the German cultural area'). Kaznelson was born in Warsaw and studied at the German University in Prague. From 1913 until 1917 he began writing about Jewish and Zionist topics in the Prague Zionist magazines Die Welt and Selbstwehr. After graduating in 1918 he moved to Berlin, where he first worked for the monthly publication Der Jude by Martin Buber. In 1920 he became manager of the publishing house Jüdischer Verlag and made it the most important publishing house for Jews in Germany. During this time were published the diaries of Theodor Herzl, the world history of Jews by Simon Dubnow, the Jewish Encyclopedia, the works of Ahad haAm and other important Jewish texts. In 1937 Kaznelson immigrated to Israel and settled in Jerusalem. He directed the Jewish Publishing House Ltd., and was administrator of the Jüdische Welt-Rundschau. He was married to Robert Weltsch's sister Lisa.

Reference Code
ARC. 4* 1749
Dates
1825-1958
Consists of
1.4 meters..
Languages
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Description
The archive includes parts of his handwritten and typewritten correspondence, personal documents, manuscripts, notes, and materials of the "Jüdischer Verlag".;הארכיון כולל חלקים מהתכתובות שלו בכתב יד ובמכונת כתיבה, מסמכים אישיים, כתבי יד, הערות וחומרים של ה-"Jüdischer Verlag".
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  • The Archives Collection of the National Library of Israel The Archives Collection of the National Library of Israel
Title Siegmund Kaznelson Archive.
Additional Titles כותרת בעברית: ארכיון זיגמונד כצנלסון.
Archive of Siegmund Kaznelson.
Notes Among the materials of the "Jüdischer Verlag" were photographs of Jewish personalities. These photographs have been cataloged in the Schwadron portrait collection.
Central Zionist Archives Jerusalem
Citation Note ARC. 4* 1749 Siegmund Kaznelson Archive, Archives Department, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem
Host Item Siegmund Kaznelson Archive.
Level of Description Fonds Record
Biographical summary Siegmund Kaznelson, (born May 17, 1893 in Warszaw, died March 20, 1959 in Jerusalem, also known as Siegmund Katznelson) worked as lawyer, editor, author and publisher. He also made himself known as a Zionist activist. After his father's death in 1895 the family moved to Gablonz where he finished school in 1911. He was friends with Robert Weltsch, whose sister Lisa he married later on. Both attended the Zionist congresses in Basel in 1911 and Vienna in 1913. Kaznelson studied law at the German University in Prag, and was between 1913 and 1917 also editor of the Zionist weekly Die Selbstwehr, mostly writing under the pseudonym of Albrecht Herrmann. He graduated in 1918. In 1920 he moved to Berlin to be the editor of Martin Buber's monthly Der Jude. Kaznelson also became director of the Jüdischer Verlag, and in 1931 founded its branch in Palestine under the name The Jewish Publishing House Ltd. In 1937 he emigrated to Jerusalem. Between 1939 until 1940 he was administrator of Jüdische Welt-Rundschau, published by Robert Weltsch. His most important work is "Juden im deutschen Kulturbereich", published in 1934 and immediately suppressed by the Nazis. It was published in a second edition as "Biographisches Handbuch zum deutschen Judentum" in 1959 under the redaction of Robert Weltsch.
Ownership history The archive was permanently deposited in the National Library in 1999. It was kept previously in the Beth Ha'am in Jerusalem, together with Kaznelson's library. Another part, including the correspondence about the "Jüdisches Lexikon", was transferred to the library by Thomas Sparr (Suhrkamp Verlag) in 1997. Some letters from Franz Werfel and Martin Buber were transferred by Kaznelson and his wife prior to their death.
Language Note The archive is mainly in German, some pieces are in Russian, Yiddish, English and French.
Credits Siegmund Kaznelson Archive, The National Library of Israel. Digitization and cataloguing of this fonds was funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG / German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy - EXC 2176 'Understanding Written Artefacts: Material, Interaction and Transmission in Manuscript Cultures', project no. 390893796. The research is conducted within the scope of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at Universität Hamburg.
National Library system number 990029053220205171
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Siegmund Kaznelson Archive, The National Library of Israel. Digitization and cataloguing of this fonds was funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG / German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy - EXC 2176 'Understanding Written Artefacts: Material, Interaction and Transmission in Manuscript Cultures', project no. 390893796. The research is conducted within the scope of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at Universität Hamburg.

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