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Genealogy Guide: World War I Resources at the Center for Jewish History

Military Resources

Früling, Moritz. Jüdisches Kriegsgedenkblatt [memorial newsletter for Austro-Hungary's fallen Jewish soldiers] (Vienna, Austria: Schriftsteller M. Frühling, 1914-1917). Microfilm B209 Set 2 

Komitee "Jüdisches Kriegsarchiv". Jüdisches Archiv: Mitteilungen des Komitees "Jüdisches Kriegsarchiv" 1915-1918 [documents from the Austro-Hungarian periodical "Jewish War Archives"] (Vienna, Austria, 1915-1917). Microfilm B173

Reichsbund Jüdischer Frontsoldaten. Gefallene Deutsche Jüden: Frontbriefe 1914-1918 ["Fallen German Jews: Letters from the Front"] (Berlin, Germany: Vortrupp Verlag, 1935). st 5739

Reichsbund Jüdischer Frontsoldaten. Die Jüdischen Gefallenen des Deutschen Heeres, der Deutschen Marine und der Deutschen Schutztruppen 1914-1918: Ein Gedenkbuch [memorial book for Germany’s fallen Jewish soldiers] (Berlin, Germany: Verlag: "Der Schild," 1932). Reading Room    D 609 G4 R4

Note: The Leo Baeck Institute also has memorial books for Jewish World War I fallen soldiers from several German cities, including Hamburg and Munich.

War Diaries and Scrapbooks: The Leo Baeck Institute has many firsthand written and photographic accounts of the experiences of German and Austrian Jewish soldiers in World War I. Example: Bernhard Bardach Collection AR 6632.

For additional German-Jewish war memorials, diaries, and scrapbooks, search the Leo Baeck Institute's online catalog [search terms should include "World War, 1914-1918"].

Bernhard Bardach Collection; AR 6632.
Courtesy of the Leo Baeck Institute