Taussig Family Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of photocopies of Taussig family documents, including vital documents (passports, certificates), educational records, personal and official correspondence, family trees, photos, newspaper clippings, and restitution and International Tracing Service correspondence. Also found here are photocopies of Hildegard Taussig's report cards, and photocopies of note and letter from Karl Taussig to his daughter Else living in Palestine. The collection also contains a summary family history by Miriam Friedman Morris.
Dates
- 1877-1983, 2004
Creator
- Morris, Miriam Friedman (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is mostly in German and Czech, with some English. Some of the German and Czech materials have English translations.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Biographical Note
Chemist Karl Taussig (1888-1973) was born in Beraun (today Beroun, Czech Republic). He and his wife Irma née Taussig (1889-1942) had three daughters born in Berlin: Else (1916-1972) and fraternal twins Ingeborg (1921-1942) and Hildegard (nicknamed Hilde, 1921-1989). The family settled in Gleiwitz (today Gliwice, Poland) and in 1935 moved to Prague. In 1939, Else left Prague illegally for Palestine via Sulina, Romania on the S.S. Sakarya, which sailed into Haifa bay February 13, 1940. Karl and Hildegard survived Theresienstadt, Auschwitz Birkenau, and other camps. Ingeborg and her family did not survive the Holocaust. In 1948, Hildegard married David Friedman and had one daughter, Miriam. They eventually moved to Saint Louis, Missouri.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
Abstract
This collection consists of photocopies of documents from the Taussig family, including vital documents (passports, certificates), educational records, personal and official correspondence, family trees, photos, newspaper clippings, and restitution and International Tracing Service correspondence. Also found here are photocopies of Hildegard Taussig's report cards, and photocopies of note and letter from Karl Taussig to his daughter Else living in Palestine. The collection also contains a summary family history by Miriam Friedman Morris.
Processing information
The materials were refoldered. Items in folder 1 were found in plastic sleeves in a binder, and were removed and placed in a folder. The order of the material in the binder was not changed. Sticky notes were photocopied to acid-free paper, which was placed behind the item on which the note was found.
- Title
- Guide to the Taussig Family Collection 1877-1983, 2004 AR 25025
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff and Kevin Schlottmann
- Date
- © 2013
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Sponsor
- as part of the Leon Levy Archival Processing Initiative, made possible by the Leon Levy Foundation
Revision Statements
- April 02, 2015 : dao links added by Emily Andresini.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
