Heinz Markwald Collection
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and ephemera relating to the early years of Heinz Wolfgang Markwald (1911-2005) in Berlin, Germany until 1937
Dates
- [unknown]
Language of Materials
This collection is in German.
Access Restrictions
Collection is microfilmed, please use MF 855.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Readers may access the collection by visiting the Lillian Goldman Reading Room at the Center for Jewish History. We recommend reserving the collection in advance; please visit the LBI Online Catalog and click on the "Request" button.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Biographical Note
Dr. Heinz G. Markwald was born in Berlin in 1911. He studied medicine and participated in fraternities and sport clubs. His father Siegbert Markwald (1874-1937), a physician, served in the German army in World War I, which made it possible for his son Heinz, to finish his studies in Berlin after 1933. In 1937, after having gotten engaged to Susanne Hahn, he obtained an affidavit and immigrated to the United States in July of 1937. His mother, Sofie Buetow Markwald (born 1888 in Soldau, East Prussia) was deported to Theresienstadt and perished in Auschwitz.
Heinz Markwald began his medical career as an intern at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut in July 1938. He got married to Susanne Hahn in January 1940.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
Correspondence and ephemera relating to the early years of Heinz Wolfgang Markwald (1911-2005) in Berlin, Germany until 1937
- Title
- Guide to the Heinz Markwald Collection AR 25278 / MF 855
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2010
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Revision Statements
- August 21, 2012 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
