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We are delighted to report that the Library of the Leo Baeck Institute has 
completed digitizing all issues of the German-Jewish émigré Journal, Aufbau, 
published between 1951 and 2004, which means the entire contents of the most 
important publication of the global German-Jewish refugee and exile community 
is now available online.  This digitization project at LBI complements the work 
of the German National library, which had already digitized the issues 
published between 1934 and 1950 as part of its Exilpresse Digital project.

The Aufbau was a journal for German-speaking Jews around the globe. It was 
founded in 1934 by the German-Jewish Club, which was later renamed the New 
World Club.  It was published in New York until April 2004.  Contributors to 
the Aufbau included many of the most prominent German literary, political, and 
scientific figures in exile, including Jews and non-Jews, such as Hannah 
Arendt, Albert Einstein, Stefan Zweig, Thomas Mann, Fritz von Unruh, Carl 
Zuckmayer, Franz Werfel, and Lion Feuchtwanger.   Later contributors included 
prominent Germans such as Ralph Giordano, Jens Reich, and Stefan Heym.

The original purpose of the journal was as a monthly newsletter for the 
German-Jewish club, which included information and helpful facts for Jewish 
refugees. The Aufbau became one of the leading anti-Nazi publications of the 
German press in exile. From September 1, 1944 through September 27, 1946, the 
Aufbau printed numerous lists of Jewish Holocaust survivors located in Europe, 
as well as a few lists of victims.



Digital Access:

1951-2004: The Library of the Leo Baeck Institute New York digitized these 
years with its digitization partner, Internet Archives. A few missing issues 
were contributed by the New York Public Library as well as the Mikrofilmarchiv 
der Deutschsprachigen Presse in Dortmund. Partial funding was provided by 
Metropolitan New York Library Council.

 Aufbau, 1951-2004<http://www.archive.org/details/aufbau>:   
http://www.archive.org/details/aufbau

1934-1950: The German National Library digitized the years 1934 to 1950 as part 
of its Exilpresse Digital (Exile Newspapers Digitization) Project, these years 
are available here:

Aufbau, 1934-1950<http://deposit.ddb.de/online/exil/exil.htm>: 
http://deposit.ddb.de/online/exil/exil.htm

Indexing Projects:

An index to personal names that appeared in Aufbau between 1941 and 2003 is 
available online from the Aufbau Indexing 
Project<http://www.calzareth.com/aufbau/search.html>: 
http://www.calzareth.com/aufbau/search.html



See also http://www.lbi.org/2012/03/aufbau-digitizatio/



Renate Evers

Head Librarian

Leo Baeck Institute

at the Center for Jewish History

15 W 16th Street

New York, NY 10011

tel.: 212-744 6400 ext. 8416

fax.: 212-988 1305

[email protected]

http://www.lbi.org

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