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Murmelstein, Benjamin

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Benjamin Murmelstein (1905-1989) was born in Lemberg, Galicia in 1905. He was a rabbi and intellectual who became head of the emigration department of the welfare office of the Jewish Community Vienna after the annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany and the reopening of the Jewish community under Nazi control on May 2, 1938. In that capacity, Murmelstein worked closely with Adolf Eichmann and the Central Office for Jewish Emigration. After his deportation to Theresienstadt, he eventually became the last head of the Jewish Council in Theresienstadt. Murmelstein was extensively interviewed by Claude Lanzmann for his seminal documentary Shoah but the interview was not used in that film. Lanzmann chose Murmelstein as the subject of his 2013 documentary "The Last of the Unjust" which is based on the interviews.

Reference Code
P151
Dates
1922-1950
Consists of
13 files..
Languages
German;
Description
Personal papers of Benjamin Murmelstein and his family: correspondence, official reports and documents from the Jewish Community Vienna, family photographs, articles and manuscripts written by Benjamin Murmelstein. Arranged in five series: 1. Personal documents of Benjamin Murmelstein and his family, 1922-1950; 2. Correspondence, 1927-1940; 3. Jewish Community in Vienna, 1928-1938; 4. Articles and manuscripts (not dates); 5. Family photographs (88 photographs), 1930-1950.
Title Murmelstein, Benjamin.
Contributors Adolf,Eichmann 1906-1962
ClaudeLanzmann
Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
Host Item Murmelstein, Benjamin - Private Collection
Level of Description Fonds Record
Biographical summary Benjamin Murmelstein (1905-1989), a rabbi and intellectual, became head of the emigration department of the welfare office of the Jewish Community Vienna after the annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany and the reopening of the Jewish community under Nazi control on May 2, 1938. In that capacity, Murmelstein worked closely with Adolf Eichmann and the Central Office for Jewish Emigration. After his deportation to Theresienstadt, he eventually became the last head of the Jewish Council in Theresienstadt. Murmelstein was extensively interviewed by Claude Lanzmann for his seminal documentary Shoah but the interview was not used in that film. Lanzmann chose Murmelstein as the subject of his 2013 documentary "The Last of the Unjust" which is based on the interviews.
National Library system number 990043435510205171
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