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  • Title: Max Koppelmann papers
    Date (inclusive): undated
    Collection Number: 2012C23
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: (13.5 MB) (6.0 digital_files)
    Abstract: Memoirs and photographs, relating to the Jewish community in Russia, Germany and Palestine.
    Creator: Koppelmann, Max, 1882-
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

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    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2012.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], [File name], Max Koppelmann papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    Max Koppelmann was a Russian Jewish émigré in Germany. He was born in the Russian Empire (Mogilev) in 1882 and lived in Moscow and St. Petersburg prior to the turn of the century. In 1901 he became a student at the Warsaw Polytechnic. Between 1907 and 1914 he was involved in the family business: grain trade and breweries. In the course of the First World War, Koppelmann engaged in the production of munitions. Koppelmann left Russia during the Civil War and settled in Berlin (by 1921), where he lived until 1936, at which time he left Germany altogether.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The memoirs concern Jewish life in Russia, the revolutionary movement in the early 1900s (especially student attitudes), and the 1917 revolution. For the 1920s and 1930s, the memoirs detail the growing difficulties Jews experienced in Germany. A good portion of the memoirs is devoted to the author's 1935 trip to Palestine, which he describes in great detail.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Jews -- Germany
    Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948
    Jews -- Russia