Statement of Purpose: To promote the documentation of the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry from the 18th century until its destruction by the Nazis. The Leo Baeck Institute is a research, study, and lecture center and maintains an 80,000-volume library, archives, and art collection.
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Officers
President
David G. Marwell
Vice President
Michael A. Bamberger
Vice President
David W. Detjen
Vice President
Joan C. Lessing
Treasurer
Amy Houston
Secretary
Dennis Baum
Executive Director
Markus Krah
Leo Baeck Inst.
E-mail: mkrah@lbi.cjh.org
Director of Research and Chief Archivist
Frank Mecklenburg
Leo Baeck Inst.
E-mail: fmecklenburg@lbi.cjh.org
Director of Collections
Renate Evers
Leo Baeck Inst.
E-mail: revers@lbi.cjh.org
Archivist and Head, Public Outreach
Michael Simonson
Leo Baeck Inst.
E-mail: msimonson@lbi.cjh.org
Head Archivist
Hermann Teifer
Leo Baeck Inst.
E-mail: hteifer@lbi.cjh.org
Updated 4/13/23